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Forest management
Bamboo rising
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2013
Nobody in Loyendi village keeps track of time. But for its 150-odd residents, December 7, 2012, is a day to remember. “It is our independence day,” says village elder Petra Kanhara. On this day, the village in Odisha’s Kandhamal district got community right over 20 mountains full of forests under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).
Colonial hangover persists
Issue Date: Jun 30, 2012
Parkinson’s Law of Triviality states that the time spent on any item on a committee’s agenda will be inversely proportional to its significance. This seems to be happening with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The minister has moved a bill in the Rajya Sabha that seeks to amend the Indian Forest Act (IFA) of 1927.
Losers again
Posted on: 31 May, 2012
Proposed amendments to the forest Act will further weaken the position of forest dwellers
Up for scrutiny
Issue Date: Jan 31, 2012
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has agreed to allow independent agencies to evaluate how well it is managing forests.
How government is subverting forest rights act
Author(s): Richard Mahapatra 
@Richard20711534 , Kumar Sambhav S... @KumarSambhav_S , Sumana Narayanan, Aparna Pallavi @AparnaPallavi1
@Richard20711534 , Kumar Sambhav S... @KumarSambhav_S , Sumana Narayanan, Aparna Pallavi @AparnaPallavi1 Issue Date: Nov 15, 2010
Two tribal villages in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra—Mendha Lekha and Marda— savoured victory when they won community rights over their forest resources in August last year. The rights conferred under the Forest Rights Act of 2006 include the right to collect and sell minor forest produce (MFP). These include tendu leaves used in beedis, and bamboo that have high commercial value and were under the forest department’s control. Winning the right to manage these resources meant economic liberation to the two villages.
