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| National Consultation on the Forest Rights Act, 4 July 2008 |
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Policy Makers & Rights Groups Call for Joint Action to Uphold the Forest Rights Act
4 July 2008, New Delhi |
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| In a National Consultation organized by the Livelihood Thematic Action Group of Wada Na Todo Abhiyan Policy Makers, Experts and Civil Society representatives came together to assess and evaluate the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA). Close on the heels of the Fourth Civil Society Review of the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) and the Review of the Three Flagships Schemes of the UPA, the National Consultation, yet again reviewed one of the most laudable promises in NCMP fulfilled by the UPA, the Forest Rights Act. |
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| The Forest Rights Act: Historical Context and Relevance |
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“The Forest Rights Act is an attempt to undo the Historical injustice meted out to the people living in the Forest Area. The Forest Rights Act needs to be interpreted in the wider context which should include not just the land rights but also the Rights to Forest Resources” said Shri M. D. Mistry, Member of Parliament. He said that many of the states are reluctant to implement the act and was concerned about the insufficient data available about the status of forest dwellers which is crucial for the implementation of
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| Pradip Prabhu, National Institute of Rural Development who was part of the drafting committee of the provisions of the Act said “This act is a process of a maturing democracy moving towards the recognition that the participation and rights of the people, including those who live in the forests, is critical. Conservation needs to be rebuilt as a democratic project where conservation should be the right of a citizen, directed towards the construction of the nation with the people at its heart.” Drawing on the historical context of the FRA he pointed out that the process of nation building post independence had started with the abolition of the zamindari system but intrinsically the zamindari system remained entrenched in the forest areas with the Government retaining control over a large section of the land. |
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