Villages join hands to combat land degradation
Submitted by susan on Mon, 2008-09-01 16:23
New legislation in India allows communities to take charge of degraded forest areas. One village claimed to have legal rights over a particular forest area. But users from neighbouring villages protested. An external NGO helped the communities to accept each other as legitimate forest users. Jointly, the villages are rehabilitating the area.
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01/09/2008