- Save Democracy Forum (SDF) has embarked upon a series of programmes to create awareness & gather support for the implementation of the Madhav Gadgil-led Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report, public discussions for which will start at Kudremukh National Park.
- SDF plan of action :
- petitioned the President to consider the Gadgil report.
- travel through the western ghats states distributing materials & books in local languages creating awareness on essence of Gadgil report.
- campaign to scrap Yettinahole project as it may affect the region.
- Gadgil Report :
- seeks to conserve the Western Ghats (Biodiversity Hotspot) comprehensively.
- provides restrictions on mining & industries in this fragile region, due to which State Governments want to ignore it & go for Kasturirangan report as an alternative.
- talks of involving forest dwellers for conservation projects without being displaced.
- Vested interests, industrial lobbies & political representatives were involved in creating panic among stakeholders that they would be displaced if Gadgil report is adopted.
Exams Perspective:
- Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report
- Western Ghats
- Biodiversity Hotspot
- Kasturirangan report