Why is there a need for participatory forest management? How does Forest Right Act, 2006 helps tribal and forest dwellers? Explain with suitable examples in about 200 words.
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the Act empowers the forest dwellers to access and use the forest resources in the manner that they were traditionally accustomed, to protect, conserve and manage forests, protect forest dwellers from unlawful evictions and also provides for basic development facilities for the community of forest dwellers to .The act through identifying IFR and CFR tries to provide inclusion to tribes. It has the potential to democratise forest governance by recognising community forest resource rights over an estimated 85.6 million acres, thereby empowering over 200 million forest dwellers in over 1,70,000 villages.After the introduction of the current Forest Rights Act, rights were also provided to the community for protecting and managing the forest. ... Section 5 of the Act vests rights to different forest-dwelling communities for safeguarding their habitat, wildlife etc