Page-2 of Forest Rights Act
Indian Forest Conservation Policies = Conservation minus the people
Across the world it has been recognised that Involving communities living in and around natural resource-rich areas in the management and use of these resources is an effective tool of conservation. This strategy was affirmed by the 1980 World Conservation Strategy ..
Amendments to the Indian Forest Act 1927
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has finalised the first draft of the comprehensive amendments to the Indian Forest Act, 1927. The amendments provide definitions to important terms that were missing from the law. Features of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Vulnerable Odisha tribe Mankidia denied habitat in Similipal
Mankidia tribe in Odisha as denied habitat rights inside core area of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha under historic Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. State Forest Department had objected their habitat ..