India, Feb. 12 -- Sixteen years since The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (also known as FRA) was introduced in January 2008, forest dwellers continue to face significant hurdles. Only three states in India have recognised a notable number of Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights, with Maharashtra being the only state where these rights have been operationalised, an analysis has noted.

In the remaining states, violations of these rights are still prevalent.

The study titled Democratising Forest Governance: Challenges Old and New which was led by Sharachchandra Lele and Geetanjoy Sahu, has highlighted that democratising forest governance remains a major challenge. Over 100,...