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Pia Sethi
Pia Sethi is an ecologist specialising in plant-animal interactions. Her recent work focuses on community conservation and allied issues in the eastern Himalaya, and on forest and conservation policy in India.
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…
