Chandigarh/new Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Haryana has issued a notification defining what constitutes a "dictionary meaning" of forest - 18 months after the Supreme Court ordered states to identify forests using that very phrase's broad, common-sense interpretation - with tight technical parameters. In a gazette notification issued August 18, the state said it was "pleased to define the expression 'forest as per dictionary meaning'" with restrictive technical criteria that environmental activists say could exclude most of the state's remaining Aravalli forests from legal protection. The definition requires forest areas to have a minimum canopy density of 40% and cover at least five hectares if isolated, or two hectares if connected to government-not...