Take Away Notes:
| Forest Rights Act,2006Objective: To protect the rights of STs and other forest dwellers and balance the right to environment with their right to life and livelihood.
Provisions: ● Officially the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. ● Individual rights: Right to reside in forest land, Right to cultivation, Right to minor forest produce. ● Community Rights: Right to manage and use forest resources, Gram Sabha powers to resolve disputes, and recommend development plans, forest committees to assist Gram Sabha. ● Any transfer of forest land for non-forestry use requires the consent of the Gram Sabha. |
