Discrepancies in Forest Rights Laws, Psychological & Ecological Impacts of Illegal Eviction of Forest Dwellers

Abstract

Tribal groups reside far from major towns & close to forests. They are locals who have lived in forests from  beginning of time. Forest land use for food, livelihood, & cultural & spiritual practices is essential to human survival. To protect tribal people’s rights against non-tribal people, there is a never-ending conflict. The state’s government has been implementing measures with a buttery coating, but there is still inconsistency. This is true not just in Indian arenas but also worldwide.  Eviction of forest inhabitants from their homes by businesses & occasionally government for the sake of greater or common good is a problem in many nations. In addition, it appears that rights of forest residents have been nullified & recast as rights to settlement & rehabilitation.  Country’s resources & forest areas are taken from forest inhabitants in name of development due to tree cutting.[1] Their farms, crops, ecology, forests, & priceless medicinal plants are lost, along with their way of life.  Paper focuses on why people who live in forests are evicted from them for irrational reasons, an analysis of well-known case Vedanta, & discrepancies in forest rights laws that should protect people who live in forests and psychological & ecological impacts of illegal eviction of forest dwellers.