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Goemchea Rakhondarancho Awaz
[G R A]
Reg. No. 549/GOA/2011
Office: St. Anthony's Apartments - 1st Floor - Feira Alta - Mapusa Bardez
Goa- 403507
Date: 30 October, 2011
To,
Ms. Jayanthi Natarajan
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Ministry of Environment and Forests
New Delhi
Fax: 24362222
Email: [email protected]
Respectful Madam,
Subject: Buffer Zones for Wild-life Sanctuaries and National Parks - Goa
Goemchea Rakhondarancho Awaz - GRA, an all Goa Civil-Society based
Organization especially constituted to SAVE Goa from the policies of the
Government of GOA that are destroying Goa and its natural resources,
including its forests and wild life, do not agree to the reported proposal
of the Government of Goa to reduce the 10 km buffer zone set by the MOEF,
New Delhi around Wild-Life Sanctuaries and National Parks.
The Goa Government would be more than happy if there was no buffer zone at
all and that it was free to give permissions to mine in the heart of Goa's
forests, wild-life sanctuaries and national parks.
This organization and Goa itself will take to the streets if the 10 km
buffer-zone is compromised by MOEF at the behest of Goa's irresponsible
Government.
Thanking you for your anticipated co-operation and concern.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(Adv. Antonio Lobo)
Legal Adviser/ Spokesperson
Goemchea Rakhondarancho Awaz -GRA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0832- 2263284
Mobile: 9850809902
Forwarded thro'
Floriano Lobo
General Secretary,
Goemchea Rakhondarancho Awaz-GRA
Email: [email protected]
PH: (m) 9422060347/9890470896
P.S.
http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/
http://www.heraldgoa.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Goa-to-plead-for-site-specific-buffer-zones/53866.html
Goa to plead for site-specific buffer zones.
TEAM HERALD
[email protected]
PANJIM: Goa government is in the process of giving a detailed report to the
Centre seeking to relax the 10 km buffer zone for wildlife sanctuaries and a
national park.
Forest Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues said that Adv General Subodh Kantak is
preparing a detailed report which will be presented to Ministry of
Environment and Forest (MoEF).
50%">The government is opposing the proposed blanket 10 kms buffer zone,
mooted by Union Government. Rodrigues said that the state would plead for
Sanctuary specific buffer zones, which should be determined considering the
ecological sensitivity of the places.
"Goa cannot implement a 10 km buffer zone," Rodrigues said adding that the
impression is being created that state government wants zero km buffer zones
all over. "That's not right. We want to preserve the environment. Wrong
impression is being created by few people that we want only zero km as
buffer zone," he said.
Rodrigues, defending the Rajiv Yaduvanshi report on the buffer zone
submitted in 2007, said that state government wanted site specific buffer
zone. "Having a blanket buffer zone does not go well with Goa's situation,"
he said.
The issue of the buffer zone has attained criticality as various mines may
face closure if the 10 km buffer zone is declared. People dependent on
mining had asked the state government to ensure that the buffer zone issue
is settled, as it may spell doom for the industry.
