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The minister also said that the archaic laws passed by the Parliament with regard to wildlife conservation should be changed.
The State is also planning to research more on why the animals are entering the human residential areas these days and how their habitats have changed inside forests.
The manual inspection of lands for determining the exact areas of human habitations falling within the buffer zones has not begun in most of the panchayats.
The Forest Department has already started forwarding the complaints to the respective panchayats for conducting field visits as early as possible.
The opposition parties and various organisations have alleged that the satellite survey report published by the government on buffer zones is incomplete and lacks clarity.
Kerala Forest Minister A K Saseendran was referring to the recent aerial survey carried out to demarcate the ecologically sensitive zones (ESZs), or buffer zones, around wildlife sanctuaries.
A decision on extending the time would be taken during the online meeting of the expert committee scheduled for December 20.
The government has also decided to form an expert committee to study the information received from the satellite survey and direct inspection.
At least five ministers in the LDF government were criticised; accused of poor public interaction.
The top court had, on June 3, pronounced the verdict to create a one-km eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around all wildlife sanctuaries and national parks.
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