Centre signs "Joint Communication" to empower tribal communities in forest resources management
A “Joint Communication” to this effect was signed at Indira Paryawaran Bhawan New Delhi on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI:
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on Monday, jointly decided to give more powers to the tribal communities in managing the forest resources.
A “Joint Communication” to this effect was signed at Indira Paryawaran Bhawan New Delhi on Tuesday.
The Joint Communication pertains to the effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, commonly known as the Forest Rights Act (FRA).
The Act recognises and vests the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest-dwelling scheduled tribes (FDSTs) and other traditional forest dwellers (OTFDs) who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded.
"The Act provides a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land," the government said.
The signing ceremony, held in a hybrid mode, was attended by Forest Secretary Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, Tribal Secretary Anil Kumar Jha and revenue secretaries of all the states.
Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda and Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar also gave an address during the event.
(Edited by Marvin Kharsohnoh)
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