Definition change risks weakening long-standing environmental safeguards: The new elevation-based criteria could exclude lower-elevation areas previously protected, opening them to development pressures and ecological degradation.

Highlights tension between economic resource needs and conservation: The Aravalli Hills contain critical minerals essential for industry, creating a policy trade-off between protection and resource extraction.

Challenge of multi-state management for ecological zones: The Aravalli spans four states, complicating unified conservation strategies and enforcement across jurisdictions.