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Gadgil had warned about the places a few years ago.
Unregulated shooting should never be encouraged; but there are rational systems, he said, taking examples from Norway and Sweden.
He said, “Banning the hunting of wild animals that pose threat is not logical. It should be allowed outside national parks. Animals are facing issues like extinction due to problems like pollution.”
The directive is flawed, as is the whole regime of nature conservation here, said eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil during an interview with Manorama Yearbook Online.
The officers in the lab are rational people and have for decades been practising sustainable harvests of the prolifically breeding wild pigs.
A leading light of Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP), MKP gradually steered it towards broader goals.
He said the reason for landslides like the one that occurred in Koottikkal was illegal mining carried out every now and then in the name of development.
Gadgil and the report prepared by the WGEEP headed by him are back in news after over two dozen people lost their lives in landslides and flash floods occurred in the past few days.
In 2011, the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel had designated Rajamalai as a region of highest ecological sensitivity
Ecologist Madhav Gadgil was honoured with The Week Man of the Year 2019 award.