https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/An-Anti-Forest-Policy-Rhetoric-or-Sleight-of-Hand https://internationalviewpoint.org/An-Anti-Forest-Policy-Rhetoric-or-Sleight-of-Hand 2018-05-21T06:47:45Z text/html en Madhu Ranath, Ashish Kothari Ecology and the Environment India <p>Forests have been the cultural and livelihood lifeline for hundreds of millions of people in India, not to mention home for thousands of species of plants and animals. They have an exalted place in virtually every spiritual and religious tradition, in their civilisational history, mythology and folklore, scientific traditions, and even in its politics. So when any government announces a new National Forest Policy, there should be widespread dialogue around the most important question: will it safeguard the most crucial values of India's forests? From an examination of the draft policy put out by the government on 14th March 2018, the answer is a resounding no.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV520-May-2018-" rel="directory">IV520 - May 2018</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Ecology-and-the-Environment-+" rel="tag">Ecology and the Environment</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-India-+" rel="tag">India</a>