How the proposed bill will killa people`s movement
How The Proposed bill will kill a peopple's movement | ||
| EXISTING PROVISION | AMENDMENTS | NEGATIVE EFFECTS |
| Water not included in the definition of forest products | Water included in the definition of forest products | Requires permission of foprest officers for water use |
| Any part of the national forests could be handed over to communities | Forest areas totalling more than 50 hectares in the terai,inner terai orsiwaliks defined as block forests fall under the jurisdiction of forest officials | Leads to greater destruction of forests under official patronage as had happened during the panchayat rule period |
| People considered owners of the forests | People's rights limited to folder or leaf litter | Establishes monopoly of forest officials over timber resource in the terai |
| user groups independent to fix prices of forest products | District forest officers granted discretional power to distribute income from forest produce | Leads to lack of transparency and hence corruption |
| No discrimination on grounds of geographical location | Block forests of terai,inner terai or siwaliks cannot be handed over to communities,only degraded or barren lands to be handed over | Leads to constitutional crisis due to regional discremination |
| Excluding 25 percent revenue for forest development,income to be used for community development | 40 per cent of the revenue generated by forest users' griup to be paid to the forest office | Leads to fund crisis and may make community forest management programme unsustainable |