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Scheduled Tribes & Other Traditional Forest Dwellers( Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006: recommendations of the National Advisory Council [1]

The National Advisory Council (NAC) recognizes that the Scheduled Tribes & Other Traditional Forest Dwellers( Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 was a landmark legislation that aimed to undo the historial injustice done to tribals and other forest dwellers by non-recognition of their forest rights.  However, it has not yet succeeded fully in achieving its objectives, because of some difficultires in implementation.

 

Publication Date: 
01/03/2011
National Advisory Council [2]
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006 [3], Tribals [4], India [5], Forests [6], Forest Resources [7], Gram Sabhas [8]
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas