Question

Write a brief note on forest act 2006?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (FRA) legally recognises the rights of communities like the Dongria Kondh to live in and from their forests and to protect and manage their lands. The Act was created to reverse the erosion of their traditional rights by forestry policies, encroachment on their lands by outsiders and the take-over of their forests. But now the Act itself is being undermined.