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Panel to Recommend Norms to cut Trees

March 27, 2021
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In News: Supreme Court said Thursday 23,2021 setting up a seven-member expert committee to recommend policy guidelines for cutting of trees for developmental projects.

Abou seven-member Panel 

  • The SC order came in a matter pertaining to felling of trees of ages upto 150 years for Road Over Bridges and road widening projects in West Bengal.
  • Headed By: The Panel will be headed by M K Ranjitsinh Jwala, wildlife expert and former Chairman of the Wildlife Trust of India.
  • Other Members: 
    • Arun Singh Rawat, Director General, Indian Council for Forestry Research; 
    • Sandeep Tambe (Indian Forest Service), currently working as Professor of Forestry at the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal; 
    • Gopal Singh Rawat, former Dean and Director, Wildlife Institute of India; 
    • Nilanjan Ghosh, Director, Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata;
    • Pradeep Krishen, environmentalist.  
    • Jigmet Takpa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, is the Member Secretary of the Committee.
  • SC asks the Panel to submit its recommendations within four weeks from the date of its first meeting.

Panel while recommending policy guidelines Can consider following norms according To SC

  • Prescribes a mechanism for assessment of both intrinsic and instrumental value of the trees, based not only on the value of timber, but also the ecosystem services rendered by the trees.
  • The guidelines shall also mandate rules regarding alternate routes/sites for roads/projects, and possibilities for using alternate modes of transport like railways or water-ways
  • Prescribe the mode of compensation financial and otherwise, the stage of depositing such compensation and the process that governs the computation and recovery.
  • Specify the manner and mechanism of compensatory afforestation to be carried out using the deposited compensation, consistent with the native ecosystem, habitat and species.
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