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Bamboo liberation day - new
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Date: Apr 27, 2011
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As the D-day arrives and bamboo is all set to attain liberation and Mendha Lekha to become the first village in India to exercise its community right to harvest and freely sell bamboo under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) we take a look where the key players in this fight stand. |
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 Prithiviraj Chavan, Chief Minister, MaharashtraOn April 25, Chavan took a review meeting of the forest department to discuss modalities of handing over of bamboo rights to community and also the transit passes. The meeting came immediately after forest department objected to the handing over the right to harvest and sell bamboo as “illegal”. Now the modalities are sorted out. .jpg) Jairam Ramesh, Union Environment Minister Backing the bamboo transfer strongly he wrote back to Maharshtra CM saying, “Minor Forest Produce is a ownership right vested by Parliament under Forest Rights Act and all state authorities are obliged to respect this provision.” Mendha Lekha
The village which has been fighting for decades to get community rights over forest produces eagerly waits for the transit passes. |
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Forest Department
After meeting with the chief minister it agreed to handover transit passes to communities but with conditions. “Certain conditions have to be met under the Act to ensure transit passes are given to the gram sabha such as drawing up of management plans for commercial extraction of bamboo and notifying area where bamboo can be harvested. We have now given directives to local officials to ensure that to institutionalise this change,” said Anna Dani, state forest secretary. On April 26, the forest department asked the villagers to pay Rs 10,000 for two books of transit passes. Every transit pass now costs Rs 100. This remains unclear whether this is a permanent levy which communities will have to pay. For smaller users the transit pass cost will be higher than the bamboo itself. Forest Department
After meeting with the chief minister it agreed to handover transit passes to communities but with conditions. “Certain conditions have to be met under the Act to ensure transit passes are given to the gram sabha such as drawing up of management plans for commercial extraction of bamboo and notifying area where bamboo can be harvested. We have now given directives to local officials to ensure that to institutionalise this change,” said Anna Dani, state forest secretary. On April 26, the forest department asked the villagers to pay Rs 10,000 for two books of transit passes. Every transit pass now costs Rs 100. This remains unclear whether this is a permanent levy which communities will have to pay. For smaller users the transit pass cost will be higher than the bamboo itself. |
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April 27, is an important day for Mendha Lekha. On this day, bamboo will attain its liberation and Mendha Lekha will become the first village in India to exercise its community right to harvest and freely sell bamboo under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).
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The road for obtaining community right to harvest and sell bamboo freely has not been easy for the village. It has awaited for almost two years for this glory
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19 years of reportage on minor forest produce and tribal rights
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Tags: Web Specials, Bamboo, Benefit Sharing, Forest Act 1927, Forest conservation, Forest Policy, Forest Resources, Forest Rights Act 2006, Forests, Gadchiroli (D), India, Information, Maharashtra, Minor Forest Produce, Sunita Narain, Trees, Tribals
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