Forest Rights Act 2006

Guidelines on the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006

Over a period of last four years of implementation of the Act, some problems impeding the implementation of the Act in its letter and spirit have come to the notice of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, such as, convening of Gram Sabha meetings at the Panchayat level resulting in exclusion of smaller habitations not formally part of any village; no

Publication Date:

12/07/2012

Source: Ministry of Tribals Affairs

Tags:

Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Tribals, Relocation, Forests, Minor Forest Produce, Community Forest Management (CFM), Forest Resources

Forests

A national report on community forest rights under Forest Rights Act: status & issues

This study aims at consolidating information on Community Forest Right (CFR) status and issues in different states in India collected from groups and organizations working in the states including the lessons from the March 2012 consultation, in order to understand the ground level situation regarding their implementation and to provide an assess

Publication Date:

01/07/2012

Author(s): Shiba Desor

Source: Vasundhara

Tags:

Forest Rights Act 2006, Community Forest Management (CFM), Forest Resources, India, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Karnataka, Tiger Reserves, Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple SA, Tribals, Forests, Forest Management, Forest Villages, Minor Forest Produce, Joint Forest Management (JFM)

Forests

Report on state level multi-stakeholders workshop on community forestry & REDD+

A state level multi stakeholder workshop on community forestry and REDD+ was organised by Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC), Bhubaneswar, with support from Community Forestry International (CFI) at DRTC-CYSD, Bhubaneswar, on 30th June 2012 to discuss the issues and challenges in management of community forest, focusing specially

Publication Date:

30/06/2012

Source: Regional Centre for Development Cooperation

Tags:

Community Forest Management (CFM), REDD, Orissa (Odisha), Forest Management, Forest Policy, Forest Rights Act 2006, Deforestation, Carbon Sinks

Forests

Ensure rights of tribals on forest produce: Union Ministry to State

The Tribal Affairs Ministry has asked the State Government to ensure that tribal villagers get access to bamboo plantation areas to earn their livelihood.

Publication Date:

30/06/2012

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Tribals, People, Forest Products, Forests, Forest Rights Act 2006, Forest Act, Kalahandi, Gram Sabhas

Forests

Govt in action mode to implement Forest Rights Act

With just about 30 per cent of its villages covered under the Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, so far, the Odisha Government is more t

Publication Date:

22/06/2012

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Forest Act, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Forests, People, Orissa (Odisha), Legislation, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar (D), Kalahandi

Forests

GoM for relaxing Forest Rights norms

A Group of Ministers (GoM) has pitched for relaxing the Forest Rights Act (FRA) norms for expeditious setting up of power transmission lines, a move to spare project developers from seeking mandato

Publication Date:

12/06/2012

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Forests, Forest Rights Act 2006, India, People, Public Hearing, Power Transmission, Ministry of Power, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Forests

Communities

Communities can conserve forests and make a living out of it. Then why is the government playing spoilsport?

Publication Date:

09/06/2012

Author(s): Ashish Kothari, Neema Pathak

Source: Tehelka (New Delhi)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Gadchiroli (D), Bamboo, Forest Conservation, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Orissa (Odisha), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Governance, Community Groups, Forest Rights Act 2006

Environment

National conference of natural resources based traditional working people and community organisations: Need for collective strategies

In the past few years the struggle on ‘commons’ has intensified around the natural resources by the subaltern people. There is a direct conflict between people whose livelihoods are dependent on these resources and the state. This conflict is getting sharper with the growing onslaught of the neo-liberal policies of the state. In order to fight back the neo-liberal agenda, various people’s movements, social movements and independent trade unions on natural resources, such as forestry, fisheries, mining and water, have come together to fight collectively against the hegemony of the state.

Publication Date:

01/06/2012

Source: Social Change

Vol:

42

Issue:

2

pp:

281-285

Tags:

Common Property Resources, Forests, People, Conflicts, Land Acquisition, Great Himalayan NP, Himachal Pradesh, India, Forest Rights Act 2006, Industry, Minor Forest Produce

Forests

Status report on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

Status report on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 for the period ending 31st May, 2012.

Publication Date:

31/05/2012

Source: Ministry of Tribals Affairs

Tags:

Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Tribals, Forests, Gram Sabhas

Habitat And Urbanisation

Palli Sabha final arbiter for industries: Jairam

MALKANGIRI: The Odisha Government must follow the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Area (PESA) Act and the decision of the Palli Sabha regarding setting up of any industry in the scheduled area sho

Publication Date:

29/05/2012

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

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