The Union government is reviewing its landmark initiative, the Forest Rights Act, four years after enacting it and two high-level groups submitted their assessment in the first week of January. But the environment ministry is in no mood to accept Forest Rights Act review finds out Down To Earth.
The Union government is reviewing its landmark initiative, the Forest Rights Act, four years after enacting it. The aim is to find how to strengthen the law which was legislated to ensure the traditional rights of 100 million forest dwelling people in the country. Two high-level groups submitted their assessment in the first week of January.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/forest-rights-act-under-scrutiny
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kumar-sambhav-shrivastava
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-resources
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-encroachments
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-villages
