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Bamboo freed

Submitted by rummykhan on Fri, 2011-05-13 17:08




Following the historic forest rights victory on April 27, mood in Mendha Lekha is upbeat. Gram sabha of this village in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district started felling about 90,000 bamboos a day after winning the right to harvest and sell the minor forest produce (MFP).

Name of the Journal: 
Down to Earth
thesaurus: 
Forest Resources
Bamboo
Minor Forest Produce
Maharashtra
Forest Personnel
Mendha Lekha
Gram Sabhas
Forests
Gadchiroli (D)
Forest Rights Act 2006
India
Author: 
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
Aparna Pallavi
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
External URL: 
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/bamboo-freed
Main Type: 
dte
May 31, 2011
Publication Date: 
31/05/2011