Reuters Kashmir to enact India s forest rights law 14 years on, in boost for nomads
Forest dwellers in Kashmir are pinning their hopes on the implementation of a 14-year-old law to save their land and homes, as the government announces plans to evict tens of thousands of people it says are encroaching on protected land. );
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Last month, the forest department of the Indian-administered territory published a list of about 63,000 people it says are living and farming illegally on a total of 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) of forest land.
Now the tribal communities living in the region s forests are looking for protection under India s Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, which is coming into effect in the region more than a decade after it was enacted elsewhere in India.
15 Jan 2021 / 09:03 H.
By Athar Parvaiz
SRINAGAR, India, Jan 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - F orest dwellers in Kashmir are pinning their hopes on the implementation of a 14-year-old law to save their land and homes, as the government announces plans to evict tens of thousands of people it says are encroaching on protected land.
Last month, the forest department of the Indian-administered territory published a list of about 63,000 people it says are living and farming illegally on a total of 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) of forest land.
Now the tribal communities living in the region s forests are looking for protection under India s Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006, which is coming into effect in the region more than a decade after it was enacted elsewhere in India.
J&K govt begins rolling out Forest Rights Act KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 12/30/2020 10:42:01 AM
SRINAGAR, Dec 29: After a huge public outcry over issuance of eviction notices to tribal population and traditional forest dwellers and axing of apple trees by forest department officials, the Government has started rolling out the Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA) in Jammu and Kashmir.
A training schedule has been prepared by the Forest department wherein training will be imparted to Govt officers particularly Deputy Commissioners, Divisional Forest Officers (DFO’s) and Sub Divisional Magistrates (SDM’s) and other officers for implementing the Forest Rights Act in Jammu and Kashmir, according to news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS).
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