Conservation, Land Conflicts and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka

Sören Köpke · Conservation & Society 19(4) (2021)

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Peer-reviewed analysis establishing the Forest Department and Department of Wildlife Conservation as post-2009 land-acquisition vehicles — gazetting formerly Tamil-inhabited land as forest reserves and national parks to prevent IDP return. The legal-channel companion to military occupation and the gateway for archaeological reclassification of Hindu temples (Kurunthurmalai, Vedukunari Aathi Iyanaar, Neeraviyadi Pillaiyar) inside gazetted forest reserves.

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unmai land
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