Implement Ecology Report on Western Ghats Swiftly: Gadgil – 6 July 2012, TOI

Madhav Gadgil, lead author of the ecology expert panel report on the Western Ghats, wants its recommendations to be discussed at public forums. “The recommendations are not the final voice. They are the starting point for public discussion in deciding how natural resources must be utilized,” Gadgil said. “The 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution mandate that locals must be involved in decision-making but the government has been reluctant to do this,” he added.