With reference to Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest Right...........

Environment and Ecology Environment- Institutional Structure

With reference to Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, consider the following statements:

1. It gives the ownership rights of lands to tribal or forest dwellers.

2. It gives right of access to biodiversity, intellectual property and traditional knowledge.

3. This act has been used by government as a land distribution scheme.

Which of statements given above is/are correct?

1 Only

1 and 2 Only

2 and 3 Only

All of the above

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Explanation:

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006,concerns the rights of forest-dwelling communities to land and other resources, denied to them over decades as a result of the continuance of colonial forest laws in India. It gives the ownership rights of lands to tribal or forest dwellers and access to biodiversity, intellectual property and traditional knowledge.
The misconception is that the purpose of the law is to distribute forest land to forest dwellers or tribal, often claimed to be at the of 4 hectares per family. But the Act is intended to recognize lands that are already under cultivation as on 13 December 2005, not to grant title rights of any new lands to anyone.