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Community Forest Rights
Context
The Chhattisgarh government has sought help from the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry after its own State Forest Department stalled implementation of Community Forest Resource (CFR) Management Plans. The conflict is over who has the authority to initiate, manage, and coordinate CFR plans: Gram Sabhas (under FRA, 2006) or the Forest Department.
What are Community Forest Resources (CFRs)?
- Community Forest Resources are recognised under Section 3(1)(i) of the Forest Rights Act, 2006.
- CFRs refer to forests customarily used and managed by forest-dwelling Scheduled Tribes (FDSTs) and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (OTFDs).
- CFR Management Plans aim to ensure:
- Sustainable forest use,
- Livelihood security, and
- Community-based conservation.
What Do Tribal Ministry Guidelines Say?
- MoTA’s 2023 CFR Management Guidelines (based on FRA, 2006) clearly state:
- Gram Sabhas and their CFR Management Committees (CFRMCs) have full authority to:
- Prepare, approve, and implement CFR plans.
- Only after approval should the Forest Department be consulted.
- Forest officials can be co-opted by Gram Sabhas, not vice versa.
- Any alignment with NWPC should be as deemed necessary by the CFRMC, not imposed.
- Gram Sabhas and their CFR Management Committees (CFRMCs) have full authority to:
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