Summary:
The programme targets both Individual Forest Rights (IFR) claims for land titles and Community Forest Rights (CFR) for villages’ access to forest produce, community management of forests, etc. All messages on these groups are updates on efforts to implement the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. “The involvement of the sarpanch, Forest Rights Committee members and villagers empower the people,” says Fernandes. Similarly, in Rajgurunagar taluka in Pune, all 95 villages that have forest land now have FRCs. Together, the four districts could see potentially 4,40,000 hectares of Community Forest Rights..