Appeal to CBD Alliance for writing to the Prime Minister of India on violation of forest and community rights
12 oct., 2012
To the friends from International NGOs, community groups and social movements at the CBD alliance. As you are by now aware that the Indian Parliament has enacted the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act (popularly known as Forest Rights Act) in 2006 to undo historical injustice meted out to the forest communities India and to restore and recognize their rights over their forests, especially the community forest rights over their common resources. While the …
