With COP 27 coming up in November 2022 in Egypt India geared up in the last 12 months to come up with important legislative changes on climate action in alignment with its commitment to COP 26 held last year in Glasgow. Forestry in India is a major environmental resource. It is very essential to preserve our biological diversity and genetic resources. The practice of forest conservation is carried out for development and maintenance of the forest areas for the sustainability and benefits of the future generation. The Forest Conservation Act, 1980 (legislation) was promulgated to highlight the importance of protection of forest resources, which is read along with Forest Conservation Rules, 2003 (Recent Amendment: 28th June 2022) which executes the action and protocols taken by the legislation. 1The 2022 rules are going to supersede the 2003 ones and shall come into immediate effect.
