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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | The taproot of conservation justice -Ravi Chellam

The taproot of conservation justice -Ravi Chellam

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published Published on Aug 4, 2019   modified Modified on Aug 4, 2019
-The Hindu

Cutting down the Forests Right Act will only weaken the conservation regime and affect the rights of forest dwellers

I have had the good fortune to work in, visit and learn about protected areas and wildlife habitats across India since 1980. Beginning in the late 1980s, I have written and spoken about the ecology and conservation of Indian wildlife to numerous and varied audiences. One question that is invariably asked by foreigners is how India has managed to conserve such a diversity of wildlife given its large population and development challenges. To me it has always been clear that the tolerance and, in many cases, the reverence that local communities have for Nature has been absolutely vital for the sustained success of the conservation efforts of the government and other agencies. Not to forget the widespread and long conservation track record of the local communities; the state of sacred groves is a very good example.

The Forest Rights Act (FRA) is a piece of social legislation which aims to address the historical injustice that our forest dwelling communities have had to face for nearly 150 years by providing them with security of tenure over land for cultivation and habitation through individual rights. It also provides access to a variety of resources through more than a dozen types of community forest rights. The FRA also empowers forest dwelling communities to protect, regenerate, conserve and manage any community forest resource which they have been traditionally protecting and conserving for sustainable use. It has the provision for creating critical wildlife habitats within protected areas which currently is the strongest conservation provision among existing laws of the country.

Legal challenges

It is extremely unfortunate that the very constitutionality of the FRA was challenged in the Supreme Court in 2008 by about half a dozen conservation organisations. The court has tagged many other cases including from several High Courts which are currently being heard jointly. The court’s order of February 13, 2019 since put in abeyance by its order dated February 28, 2019 highlights the very tardy implementation of the FRA by the State governments.

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The Hindu, 3 August, 2019, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-taproot-of-conservation-justice/article28801111.ece?fbclid=IwAR0PXW1ipegxYGx2bPw6BgvRt2RY_Nwo1mjxdakcrfi37cd_k48XypbbANc


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