Sunday, July 5, 2015

Rights of Tribes in the core areas



The rights of the scheduled tribes are not affected in core areas of tiger reserves.
Is it the same for national parks and wildlife sanctuaries????

As per the FRA, 2006 , the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has been identified as the agency to determine and notify Critical Wildlife Habitats (CWH).
Section 2(b) of the FRA, 2006 defines CWHs as areas within National Parks and/or Wildlife Sanctuaries that are determined on a case by case basis, following a set of scientific and objective criteria, and are required to be kept inviolate for the purpose of wildlife conservation. Not d entire NP/WS's are declared as inviolate... it is determined by a process where d declared area is inviolate & in rest of d area they enjoy d rights permitted by FRA.

In tiger reserves though the core area is inviolate, still scheduled tribes rights are not affected sir
Section 4(2) has answer to your query. Have a look at it. if still not clear, get back
The act provides for modification of rules, provided that no forest rights holders affect the purpose of creating inviolate areas for wildlife conservation.
Wildlife act of 1972 empowers state governments to access the damage of such rights.
If the state governments conclude that the possibility of coexistence are not available, the zone remains inviolate

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