Paddy fields, wetlands and regulatory dilution in Kerala
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- Kerala’s paddy fields declined from 8.82 lakh hectares in 1974-75 to 1.76 lakh hectares in 2024-25.
- The Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act was enacted in 2008.
- The article says a verifiable databank of paddy fields remains incomplete.
- Regularisation, recategorisation and building-permit practices can facilitate conversion of unnotified paddy land.
- exam_relevance: combines a precise 80% land-use decline with wetland functions, statutory design, databank failure and regulatory capture—an article-specific environment and governance case study.
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