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Ghazala Shahabuddin
Ghazala Shahabuddin works independently on biodiversity issues in India, with an interest in studying and managing human impacts on nature in the western Himalayas, and the policies and politics of wildlife conservation.
The amended Forest (Conservation) Act reverses several decades of gains for forests and forest-dependent communities. At a time when India's green cover is degrading, the new law undermines the…