UPSC 2019EnvironmentModerate

Consider the following statements : 1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas. 2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce. 3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a
1 and 2 only
b
2 and 3 only
c
3 only
d
1, 2 and 3
Environmental LegislationForest Rights Act and Minor Forest ProduceIndian Forest Act, 1927Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006Forest Rights ActBambooMinor forest produce

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