Overview
Project: Securing Individual Forest Rights (IFR) for the forest villages of Madhya Pradesh using geospatial technology
Colonial forest policies imposed significant injustices on forest-dependent communities in India by disregarding their traditional cultivation practices and stripping them of their rights to access and manage forest resources. Unfortunately, these exploitative practices continued even after Independence.
When the landmark Forest Rights Act (FRA) was enacted, it was hoped that this historical injustice would be rectified. The FRA recognizes the rights of communities over their traditional habitation and cultivation on forest lands (Individual Forest Rights, or IFRs) as well as their rights to access and manage the forest (Community Forest Rights, or CFRs). It also includes a provision (Section 3(1)(h)) for the conversion of Forest Villages (FVs) into revenue villages.
Geospatial technologies can play a crucial role in facilitating the claims process, ensuring transparency, and upholding gram sabha control over the implementation of the Act.
Research
-
Estimating and Mapping CFR Potential For Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra -
Estimating and Mapping CFR Potential Action-oriented research on challenges in transforming to community-based forest resource management. This project addresses ecological questions focused on sustainable production and harvest of non-timber forest products.
Training
Action
-
ESTIMATING AND MAPPING CFRPOTENTIAL Community Forest Resource (CFR) potential mapping focuses on identifying forest areas that could be claimed for collective management by forest-dwelling communities under India’s Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006.
Policy Outreach
Geospatial Tech
-
Estimating and Mapping CFR Potential For Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra
-
Estimating and Mapping CFR Potential Action-oriented research on challenges in transforming to community-based forest resource management. This project addresses ecological questions focused on sustainable production and harvest of non-timber forest products.