 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
10/30/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/30/2025 11:14
Abstract
This policy brief examines a policy reform in India that decentralised the approval decision to legally deforest land parcels, to study how it shapes the development conservation policy trade-off faced by governments.
This is an part of the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) programme.
Citation
Chiplunkar G and Das S. 'Decentralising the development-conservation trade-off: evidence from forestland diversions in India' STEG Project Policy Brief, 2025
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Decentralising the development-conservation trade-off: evidence from forestland diversions in India