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The environmental and forestry clearances given by the Ministry of Environment and Forests are based on the (i) Environment Protection Act, 1986, (ii) The Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and (iii) The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The very welcome intervention of the Supreme Court has made the forestry clearance process (and also that of wildlife clearance under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972) very comprehensive and detailed: The detailed acts and rules are
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Maiti, S.K. (2013). Forest and Wildlife Conservation Acts. In: Ecorestoration of the coalmine degraded lands. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0851-8_15
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