20/08/2022 - Environment

KEY POINTS

·        Forests play a crucial role in supporting rural livelihood. An estimated 200 million forest-dependent people collect several valuable products from India’s jungles.

·        A three-pronged approach will convert forests into a space of opportunity. First, increase visibility by formalising the first-mile production system using digital technology. The Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile trinity provides a ready-made working solution.

·        Second, achieve economies of scale through community-based enterprises for aggregation and market linkage.

·        Third, increase productivity by setting up processing for value-addition at the local level.

·        The recognition of community forest resource rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is an easy solution to ensure the long-term sustainability of forests.

·        The only reason why forests are protected and will be protected in the future is if the local communities living in and near the forest profit from it in tangible ways.

·        The lynchpin of such an effort is a partnership between local communities as the custodians of forest resources, industry leaders using the products of these forests as raw material, and government agencies facilitating and regulating the creation of jobs and wealth.

·        In Gujarat, for instance, communities in the Narmada district are managing forests while also supplying bamboo to the paper and pulp industry.

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