The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, is a landmark legislation that recognizes and provides a framework for vesting forest use, protection and conservation rights, and occupation in forest land, to tribes and other traditional forest dwellers, residing in such forests for generations.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/status-implementation-forest-rights-act-2006-dungarpur-district-south-rajasthan
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ashis-panda
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mansingh-sisodiya
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/transforming-india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-ownership
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/scheduled-castes
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dungarpur-d