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Implementation of the Forest Rights Act in the Western Ghats Region of Kerala

Year: 2010

Type: report

Abstract: This study of the implementation of the Forest Rights\nAct 2006 in the Western Ghats of Kerala identifies the\nmain constraints to the working of the legislation.\nCommunity rights and conservation provisions seem to\nbe ignored. The paper also highlights the importance of\nintegrating the implementation of the fra with the\nparticipatory forest management programmes for\nproviding community rights to the use of forests\nproducts. It also recommends a need for sensitising\ncommunities to various provisions of the legislation.

Source: Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

Author: Jyothis Sathyapalan

Language: English

Topic: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2105714169

Cites: 4

Cited by: 36

Related to: 10