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Future of the forest : struggles over land and law in India / Anand P. Vaidya.
Series: Cornell series on land: new perspectives on territory, development, and environmentPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2025Description: xiii, 184 pages. 23 cmContent type:- text
- 9781501780509
- 342.54087 VAI 23/eng/20241224
Contents:
Summary: "Future of the Forest is a historical and ethnographic account of the life of India's 2006 Forest Rights Act. The book follows the law from the movements that pushed for its passage to a North Indian forest village, showing how the law's meaning was shaped through ongoing collective action"-- Provided by publisher.
How the forests became Indian -- Historical injustices and the movement to create the Forest Rights Act -- The Law as rumor -- Abandoned solidarities and new legal futures -- National politics and the scales of the Forest Rights Act.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
How the forests became Indian -- Historical injustices and the movement to create the Forest Rights Act -- The Law as rumor -- Abandoned solidarities and new legal futures -- National politics and the scales of the Forest Rights Act.
"Future of the Forest is a historical and ethnographic account of the life of India's 2006 Forest Rights Act. The book follows the law from the movements that pushed for its passage to a North Indian forest village, showing how the law's meaning was shaped through ongoing collective action"-- Provided by publisher.
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