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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Critical Wildlife Habitat is an area of a national park or sanctuary in India, established under the Forest Rights Act, required to be kept inviolate for wildlife conservation.
- What is the difference between Critical Wildlife Habitat and Critical Tiger Habitat?
- Can forest dwellers be evicted from a Critical Wildlife Habitat?
- Who notifies a Critical Wildlife Habitat?
- Why have so few Critical Wildlife Habitats been notified?

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In 2018 the Ministry of Tribal Affairs formally objected to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's draft Critical Wildlife Habitat guidelines, arguing they diluted the mandatory Gram Sabha consent requirement under the Forest Rights Act.

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