Towards Creating a Model Forest and Scheduled Area Governance in Chhattisgarh: A Manual on Forest Rights Act and PESA
Towards Creating a Model Forest and Scheduled Area Governance in Chhattisgarh: A Manual on Forest Rights Act and PESA
July 9, 2013
The manual aims to raise awareness about two crucial legislative Acts in Chhattisgarh- the 1996 Panchayat Extension to the Scheduled Areas Act (PESA) and the 2006 Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act (FRA), which together expand the legal rights of some of India's most marginalized tribal communities.