forest department under scanner

Tribal rights activists and scholar C R Bijoy wants the forest department also under the scanner. 
He argues that "large-scale clearance of natural forests initially by forest department to plant silver oaks, eucalyptus, teak and acacia also contributed to the situation apart from invasion by weeds like parthenium and lantana". 
The ban by forest department on harvesting bamboo by tribals led to their natural death as those people had ensured regeneration in the past. 

Big estates have cleared forests and these all have led to the depletion of fodder for elephants. 

The forest department's use of tamarind, jaggery, salt etc to attract elephants for tourists and later by resorts also resulted in a situation where elephants raid houses in search of these, says Bijoy.

Call of the wild, Times Of India