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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | What's forest governance without local hand -Sharachchandra Lele

What's forest governance without local hand -Sharachchandra Lele

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published Published on Apr 4, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 4, 2019
-IndiaWaterPortal.org

Multilayered governance and involvement of forest dwellers in the decision making processes can go a long way in managing our forests better.

The recent news on the forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribal and other forest-dwelling households from 16 states by a Supreme Court order has again brought the long-debated issue of the role of the state and the community in forest governance to the forefront. The order comes in response to a case filed by wildlife groups questioning the validity of the Forest Rights Act (FRA).

The issue ?rst emerged with the colonial takeover of India’s forests when abundant forest wealth was diverted to meet the economic needs of the colonial rulers. Although procedures for the settlement of rights existed under the Indian Forest Act, 1927, these were hardly followed. The forest dwellers continued to be marginalised, even after independence. The symbiotic relationship between forests and forest-dwelling communities was first recognised in the National Forest Policy, 1988, which led to the Joint Forest Management Programme that recognised the importance of involving local communities in the protection, regeneration and development of forests. However, all these measures proved to be incomplete or even misdirected.

The paper Forest governance: From co-option and con?ict to multilayered governance? in the Economic and Political Weekly talks about the current challenges and issues regarding understanding forest governance in India and traces its evolution from colonial times to the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006.

Forest governance presents many challenges


Although governance basically includes questions such as “who decides and who implements, through what process,” its application in the context of forests presents a number of challenges.

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IndiaWaterPortal.org, 2 April, 2019, https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/whats-forest-governance-without-local-hand


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