13 Environment · 13.5 Environment laws and institutions

13.5.4 Forest Rights Act 2006

The Forest Rights Act, 2006 recognises the rights of forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers over land and forest resources they have long depended on, with the Gram Sabha at the centre of the process.

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Key terms

  • Forest Rights Act
  • Scheduled Tribes
  • other traditional forest dwellers
  • Gram Sabha
  • community forest resource
  • minor forest produce
  • critical wildlife habitat
  • Niyamgiri
  • historical injustice

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