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 of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the 1992 Earth Summit. Exclusionist ..

Topics: Earth Summit • Forest Rights Act • Indian Forest Act • IUCN • Joint Forest Management Guidelines • National Forest Policy • World Conservation Strategy