The gram sabha-based forest governance has to be implemented effectively to maintain sustainability of forests, along with implementation of community forest resource rights under the Forest Right Act, 2006. Elaborate (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 5 years
KEY POINTS
· Ecological security is the prime objective of National Forest Policy, 1988, but forest-dwelling communities cannot be separated from forests.
· India’s Constitution places trust in village-level institutions for conservation of forest resources, with the 73rd amendment providing importance to such institutions for resource management.
· Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and Forest Right Act, 2006 have gone further to empower gram sabhas for the management of forest resources.
· The supremacy of the gram sabha must be maintained while preparing governance models under the umbrella of national and state government policies, regulations and judicial orders.
· The bureaucracy must share authority with gram sabhas and the state forest department must perform the regulatory and monitoring role.
· There are examples when some gram sabhas have shown both authority and responsibility, including when mining projects in Odisha were stopped by the gram sabha to save forests and livelihood.
· But the present system of so many committees for the natural resource management at village level, including Joint Forest Management Committee, Biological Diversity Management Committee, Watershed Management Committee, and Forest Right Committee, is creating confusion.
· The gram sabha can maintain three bank accounts—operating account for implementing government schemes, core account for revenue received through sale of forest produce, and biodiversity account for receiving money for allowing access benefit sharing of bio-resources utilized by industry.
· The gram sabha-based forest governance has to be implemented in a large way to maintain sustainability of forests and improve their quality, along with implementation of community forest resource rights under the Forest Right Act, 2006.
MURALIDHARAN 5 years
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IAS Parliament 5 years
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Shivangi 5 years
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IAS Parliament 5 years
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Shantanu tiwari 5 years
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IAS Parliament 5 years
Good answer. Try to cut short the introduction part. Keep Writing.
Shantanu tiwari 5 years
IAS Parliament 5 years
Information about forest is not needed so it cannot be considered as part of introduction, remaining content is good.
