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Forest dept will not let villagers harvest bamboo [1]

MUMBAI: Union minister Jairam Ramesh's order notwithstanding, the state forest department is unwilling to transfer the rights over harvesting bamboos to forest dwellers. The department currently holds the right to harvest bamboo in the state.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2011
Times Of India (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Forest Products [3], Bamboo Workers [4], Bamboo [5], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [6], Mendha Lekha [7], Forest Act [8], Tribals [9], Forest Rights Act 2006 [10]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo-workers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bamboo
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mendha-lekha
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-act
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006