Tribal Affairs Ministry Constitutes Community Forest Resources

The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) has brought back the Model Guidelines for Conservation, Management and sustainable use of Community Forest Resources (CFR Guideline) under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA), four years after it went into cold storage.

Key Features

  • The CFR right under the FRA empowers Gram Sabhas to conserve and manage their forests.
  • Gram Sabhas have rights to protect, regenerate, conserve or manage any community forest resource that they have been traditionally protecting and conserving for sustainable use, according to Section 3(1)(i) of the FRA.
  • The Gram Sabhas also have a monitoring and controlling role ....
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