Forest Officials Told To Change Attitude

‘'The challenge of the Forest officials is to find a way to regenerate forests even while recognising biotic pressures. Forest officials have never reconciled to the Forest Rights Act, they still consider it a  threat,''  Jairam Ramesh said while inaugurating  the Forest Ministers of Southern States here on Sunday.

The Union Minister said that there should be a fundamental three-pronged transformation in the functioning of forest departments if forest conservation efforts across the country were to be strengthened.

‘'Business as usual will not work,'' Jairam Ramesh said. Read the full report here.

Source: Express News Service, Express Buzz, Thiruvananthapuram.