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Law fails to curb forest land diversion [1]

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1,300 CASES OF TRANSFER TO INDUSTRIES AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF FOREST ACT, CLAIMS TRIBAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
INDIA has witnessed 1,300 cases of diversion of forestland for industrial purpose since the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 came into force says eminent tribal rights activist, C R Bijoy.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Industrial Siting [3], Forests [4], Land [5], Land Use [6], Forest Rights Act 2006 [7]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/law-fails-curb-forest-land-diversion
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-siting
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006