Gadchiroli in Maharashtra may have acquired the model district status for clearing a record number of community forest rights (CFR) claims, but its 298 villages are angry with the forest department for stripping them of the basic right to manage forest produce.
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/forest-department-s-cheat-act [2]
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/forest-department%E2%80%99s-cheat-act
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/forest-department-s-cheat-act
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/aparna-pallavi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/down-earth
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/community-forest-management-cfm
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-personnel
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-products
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-resources
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gadchiroli-d
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/joint-forest-management-jfm
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/mendha-lekha
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minor-forest-produce
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats