New Delhi, March 30 -- The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SC NBWL) has recommended that coexistence between forest dwellers and wildlife be actively promoted in core areas of tiger reserves, while also facilitating voluntary relocation of communities willing to move, according to minutes of the committee's meeting held on February 28, released last week. The committee's position marks a shift from the relocation-first posture of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which HT reported on September 7, 2024 had written to 19 tiger habitat states calling for expedited relocation of forest villages from core areas. The NTCA letter had said "around 591 villages comprising 64,801 families are still residing in t...