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Customary Land Rights, Indigenous Communities, and Environmental Justice: Legal Conflicts and Potential Reforms Under the Forest Rights Act, 2006

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: CUSTOMARY LAND RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: LEGAL CONFLICTS AND POTENTIAL REFORMS UNDER THE FOREST RIGHTS ACT, 2006 Abhilasha Maurya, 3rd year, 5th semester Student at Siddhartha law collage Dehradun, Uttarakhand (India) Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2026.v04.85 Indian communities that coexist with forests have been one of the least socio-economically empowered groups and although their rights Indian communities that coexist with forests have been one of the least socio-economically empowered groups and although their rights are being acknowledged under the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, the actual implementation of the rights is still challenging.

Source: LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research.

DOI: 10.70183/lijdlr.2026.v04.85

Author: Abhilasha Maurya

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

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

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7154224703

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