New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SCNBWL) is likely to have discussed critical wildlife issues, such as voluntary relocation of people from critical biodiversity rich areas, buffer zones or in designated wildlife corridor areas; and guidelines for infrastructure development in and around wetlands located within protected areas and their notified eco-sensitive zones, during its meeting on August 19.

The issue of formulating guidelines for infrastructural development in and around wetlands located within protected areas and their designated eco-sensitive zones is also under contemplation, according to the agenda for SCNBWL's 85th meeting, available on the Union environment ministry's Parivesh ...