On 27th April 2011, Maharashtra will rewrite history as Mendha Lekha will become the first village in India to exercise its community right to harvest bamboo under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).
To know more click on the following URL:
http://www.cseindia.org/content/27th-april-maharashtra-will-rewrite-hist... [2]
See Also
An update as on April 26, 2011
Other Resources
Letter: Shri Jairam Ramesh to CM of Andhra Pradesh declaring bamboo as minor forest produce [5]
Opinion: Is bamboo a tree or a grass? [6]
Report: Enhancing livelihoods through minor forest products [7]
Roundtable: Is Bamboo a minor forest produce? [8]
Feature: Bamboo, minor forest produce [9]
Report: Redressing ‘historical injustice’ [10]
Act: The Forest Rights Act, 2006 [11]
Feature: How government is subverting forest right act [12]
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/jairam-ramesh-flag-new-bamboo-regime
[2] http://www.cseindia.org/content/27th-april-maharashtra-will-rewrite-history-you-are-invited-stand-witness
[3] http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/letter-jairam-ramesh-prithviraj-chavan-chief-minister-maharashtra-subject-access-and-collect
[4] http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/letter-additional-chief-secretary-forests-scheduled-tribes-and-other-traditional-forest-dwel
[5] http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/letter-shri-jairam-ramesh-cm-andhra-pradesh-declaring-bamboo-minor-forest-produce
[6] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/320668
[7] http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/enhancing-livelihoods-through-minor-forest-products
[8] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUnVO_QFExY
[9] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/2276
[10] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/298616
[11] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/260758
[12] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/2187
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/centre-science-and-environment
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-policy
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gadchiroli-d
[20] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[21] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
