Misreading the issues and the landscape

This response to the comment “Protecting India’s Protected Areas” by Praveen Bhargav and Shekar Dattatri (23 April 2011) points out the authors’ misreading of the Forest Rights Act and also of the report of the Joint Committee on the FRA.

Publication Date: 
28/05/2011
Sharachchandra Lele, Ashish Kothar, Roma & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
46
22
107-108
Tags:
Protected Area Conservation, India, Forest Rights Act 2006, Forest Management, Forest Villages, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Minor Forest Produce, Forest Policy, Wildlife, Public Participation, Forest Conservation