Bangladesh: Amendment To The Forest Act-1927 And Opinion Of Indigenous Peoples

Bangladesh: Amendment To The Forest Act-1927 And Opinion Of Indigenous Peoples   The Cabinet on 10 November 2010 gave in-principle approval of the proposed amendment to the Forest Act-1927 sparking mixed reaction among the forest-dependent people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and plain land. The amendments contradict the CHT Accord of 1997, CHT Regional Council Act of 1998 and Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban District Council Acts of 1998, and the Chittagong Hill Tracts...

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