I am enclosing an article that I came across on the subject of the Gadgil report. I think the views expressed by the Church are in line with that of the Kerala State government.
Does anyone know if the Church in Goa has taken any view on the subject? Incidentally, the church is making serious allegations about the source of funding of some of the NGOs. Best regards, U. G. Barad Western Ghats: Church body to move UNESCO Deccan Chronicle, May 6, 2013 The Laity Commission of the Syro Malabar Church has urged the government to dismiss the 2012 Madhav Gadgil committee report on Western Ghats as the Kasturirangan panel has recently given another set of proposals. In a statement, Laity Commission secretary V.C. Sebastian said the Gadgil report had been submitted to the world heritage committee that met in St Petersburg in June, 2012, much before it was made available to the people here. The WHC would meet in Cambodia from June 16 to 27, and it should reverse the earlier decisions based on the recommendations of the Gadgil report in view of the fresh development. We will also submit a petition before the UNESCO, the statement said. Sebastian said people would oppose any move by the government to impose the recommendations of the Kasturirangan panel without further discussions. The Green Tribunal has no right to issue orders based on the reports submitted to the government. There is proof that the environmental organisations that approached the tribunal are on the payrolls of various US agencies and they have accepted money from foreign agencies. The government should look into this as well, the statement said.
