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29/05/22 22:17 PM IST

Chhattisgarh recognises CFR rights of village inside national park

In News 
  • The Chhattisgarh government recognised, for the first time, the community forest resource (CFR) rights of a village located inside a national park.
  • Chhattisgarh is only the second state to have recognised CFR rights inside a national park.
CFR 
  • It is the common forest land that has been traditionally protected and conserved for sustainable use by a particular community.
  • The community uses it to access resources available within the traditional and customary boundary of the village; and for seasonal use of landscape in case of pastoralist communities.
  • These rights are recognised under Section 3(1)(i) of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act (commonly referred to as the Forest Rights Act or the FRA).
  • They provide for recognition of the right to “protect, regenerate or conserve or manage” the community forest resource.
Importance 
  • CFR rights, along with Community Rights (CRs) which include nistar rights and rights over non-timber forest products, ensure sustainable livelihoods of the community.
  • These rights give the authority to the Gram Sabha to adopt local traditional practices of forest conservation and management within the community forest resource boundary.
  • It also underlines the integral role that forest dwellers play in sustainability of forests and in conservation of biodiversity.
Source- Indian Express 

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