Journal of African Development

The interface of Environmental Governance and Artificial Intelligence has resulted in the development of new discourse pertaining to the legislatures, policies, and the judiciary. Recently, over Digital Surveillance, Predictive Analytics, and Remote Sensing tools integrated in India’s Forest Conservation, 1980, Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and Auxiliary Laws. The discourse and the potential legal framework concerning AI-Driven Conservation, however, are very nascent. The author investigates the intersection of Environmental Governance in India and some Artificial Intelligence-based technologies to bring out the very first Integrated Legal Linguistics Study. The essay shows that India lacks a standardised legal vocabulary for AI-enabled conservation technology by comparison with the EU AI Act, U.S. conservation statutes, and Australian environmental monitoring programs. The exsitance of AI is being used for prevent forest encroachment and improve forest cover. The use AI is showed the positive results in the area of forest protection and management. However, there are certain challenges one may have overcome while using AI for forest protection. This maybe in the form of lack of funds, lack of techinical know & how, and lack of willpower of government and individuals for using AI  etc.  Recommendations for legislation changes, definitional harmonisation, and the creation of a conservation regulatory lexicon tailored to AI that is in line with global best practices are included in the paper's conclusion