Rights of Forest Dwellers Through the lens of Forest Conservation Laws in India

This book is written with a view to provide readers with a comprehensive guide to the jurisprudence of forest laws in India. The book analyses discusses and documents every socially relevant piece of legislation governing forests in India. It traces the history of environmental jurisprudence giving a panoramic view to the existent legislations in India their coming into being in light of the international developments. The authors discuss the right to environment as a human right while simultaneously emphasising on the right to nature itself. Forests have assumed a significant position in India’s drive for ecological sustainability. The judges take an active part in the promotion and development of globally recognised concepts of sustainable development outside government initiatives. a part of Indian environmental conservation framework. Moreover giving forest sustainability its due importance the Courts have contributed significantly by discussing the contribution of forests in the developmental process and bringing the issue of sustained use of the forest resource to the fore. Judgments have been delivered highlighting the need for sustained growth practices which compensate for the forest loss and emphasize again and again on the need to conserve and maintain forests. Therefore the book also embarks upon the judicial pronouncements and their role in exhibiting the rights of forest dwellers via judicial trajectory of these laws.