Ensuring a Fair and Sustainable Process in Critical Wildlife Habitat (CWH) Identification in Melghat Wildlife SanctuaryInterim report on Forest Rights Recognition and Ongoing Relocation
Committee for Monitoring of CWH process under FRA in
Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary, 2020
The Tribal Development Department, Government of Maharashtra had constituted a 5-member committee headed by Additional Tribal
Commissioner (Amravati) to ensure that the process of identifying and creating Critical Wildlife Habitat (CWH) in Melghat Wild Life Sanctuary (WLS), including any relocation resulting thereof, follows the steps and procedures laid down in the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 .
The Committee conducted a field visit during January 27-30, 2020 to ascertain the field situation and an interim report was submitted in light of issues identified in this field visit that required urgent attention from the authorities. The report focuses on two issues: concerning forest rights recognition in Melghat WLS, and concerning the ongoing/completed relocation.