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...

See Also

An update as on April 26, 2011

Letter from Jairam Ramesh to Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra on the subject of access to and collection of bamboo, April 26, 2011

Letter From Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to Maharashtra StateAdditional Chief Secretary (Forests) on Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act 2006 from Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Maharashtra State

Other Resources

Letter: Shri Jairam Ramesh to CM of Andhra Pradesh declaring bamboo as minor forest produce

Opinion: Is bamboo a tree or a grass?

Report: Enhancing livelihoods through minor forest products

Roundtable: Is Bamboo a minor forest produce?

Feature: Bamboo, minor forest produce

Report: Redressing ‘historical injustice’

Act: The Forest Rights Act, 2006

Feature: How government is subverting forest right act