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Kerala Forest (Vesting & Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Ordinance 6 of 2000 was promulgated on 01/06/2000 in which Ecologically Fragile Lands is defined under Section 2(b) as follows:

2(b) "ecologically fragile lands" means,-

(i) any portion of forest land held by any person and lying contiguous to or encircled by a reserved forest or a vested forest or any other forest land owned by the Government and predominantly supporting natural vegetation;

and

(ii) any land declared to be an ecologically fragile land by the Government by notification in the official Gazette under Section 4;

Section 2(c) of the Ordinance defined Forest as follows:

(c) "forest" means any land covered with trees and undergrowth and includes all statutorily recognised forests, whether designated as reserved, protected or otherwise and any land recorded as forests in the Government records irrespective of the ownership;"

(ii) any land declared to be an ecologically fragile land by the Government by notification in the gazette under Section 4;

'Forest' is defined under Section 2(c) of the Act as follows:

2(c) "forest" means any land principally covered with naturally grown trees and undergrowth and includes any forests statutorily recognised and declared as reserved forest, protected forest or otherwise, but does not include any land which is used principally for the cultivation of crops of long duration such as tea, coffee, rubber, pepper, cardamom, coconut, arecanut or cashew or any other sites of residential buildings and surroundings essential for the convenient use of such buildings."