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Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers for Sustainable Development of India

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  • Ulaganathan Sankar

    (Honorary Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai)

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The Forest Rights Act 2006 aimed at correcting the historic injustice done to scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers by giving usufruct rights on certain forest resources and associating them in forest management. This paper reviews implementation of the Act and other supportive measures taken by the government towards achieving the goals of carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation and increase in livelihood opportunities of the dwellers. This paper argues that if the dwellers services are fully available as guardians of forests, they can generate many external benefits, some are at local level, some at regional level, and a few at global level. Hence, this paper suggests a few additional supportive measures for empowering and incentivizing STs and OTFDs to invest in forest ecosystem assets to achieve these multiple goals.

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  • Ulaganathan Sankar, 2024. "Empowerment of Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers for Sustainable Development of India," Working Papers 2024-262, Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India.
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    Keywords

    biodiversity; community forestry; eco restoration; forest rights; sustainable development;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q23 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Forestry
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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