The Act grants legal recognition to the rights of traditional forest dwelling communities
The Additional Collector’s headquarter here was abuzz even before its gates opened on Monday morning. Around 100 tribals from various villages in the Jawhar tehsil had already queued to begin what they had aptly named as first of its kind ‘RTI Satyagraha’ against the alleged unlawful implementation of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/tribals-resort-rti-fight-against-forest-protection-act
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alok-deshpande
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thane-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/right-information-rti
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
