The National Board for Wildlife recommended de-notification and diversion of more than 1,000 sq km of ‘protected areas’. NBWL is the apex body which approves projects keeping in view legal sanctity of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. The denotification was done during ‘wildlife week’ last month- from Oct 2-8. The denotification allowed activities which could easily be located outside such green zones. The decision involved Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary in UP, Mukundra National Park in Rajasthan and Bahu Conservation Reserve in Jammu. The move was among the single largest denotification of ‘protected areas’ in the country in recent times. The ‘denotified’ areas cannot be protected legally and can be quite vulnerable for wildlife.