Forests as a public and free good :

Forests run the risk of getting privatized with the proposed Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2021

Authors

  • Veena Mahor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54945/jjpp.v6iII.171

Keywords:

Forest Conservation Act, 1980, Public Good, Private Good

Abstract

The need of the hour for any country is to protect and preserve its forest for combating the climate crisis. Although India is nowhere close to achieving its target of ensuring that 33 percent of its geographical area is under forest cover as laid in its National Forest Policy, 1988, it does not appear to be making much effort towards it. The recent proposed amendments in the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 run the risk of making forests a contested market commodity among private players and big corporations like railways and highway authorities. It further runs the risk of deteriorating the status of forests, taking away the element of public good, and putting it in the category of private goods and thus making it excludable and rivalrous.

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Author Biography

Veena Mahor

Veena Mahor is a development professional with experience and interest in the Decentralization and Local Governance sector. She has closely worked in the Fifth Scheduled Regions of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India with the tribal population and has a good understanding of the implementation of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Regions) Act, 1996, and Forest Rights Act, 2006. She has a master’s in social work from The Maharaja Sayajeerao University in Baroda, master’s in Population Sciences from the International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai and master’s in Public Policy & Governance from Chinmaya Vishwa Vidhyapeeth, Kerela, India.

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Published

2022-10-01

How to Cite

Mahor, V. (2022). Forests as a public and free good : : Forests run the risk of getting privatized with the proposed Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2021. Jindal Journal of Public Policy, 6(II), 72–78. https://doi.org/10.54945/jjpp.v6iII.171

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Vol. 6 No. II (2022)

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