00000nam a22000008i 4500 20260913094706.0 260919s2018 ii 00 0 eng d 9789388162241 GN635.I4K86 2018 305.80954 23 Prabhat Kumar Tribal Life and Forests / Prabhat Kumar. New Delhi 2018. 240 pages The ongoing pursuit for economic development and market pressure on government have forced policy-makers to convert forest land into large corporations which again push away the indigenous people from their soils. Since the colonial period the forest policies jeopardized the tribal’s rights over the forest and ignored their voices during framing the laws. In the colonial period the legal and policy instruments transferred the right over forests from communities’ hand to government’s hand. The post colonial law has provided a dignified status to tribals but it will not be able to resolve tribal people’s human rights and livelihood issues without similar or greater advancement in law and administration in other areas such as land acquisition, development – induced displacement and political autonomy. Government and our policy makers should not ignore the importance of tribals and rights should be given to the latter by proper implementation of the law. Introduction: Tribes, also known as aboriginal communities/indigenous people/Adivasi/Janjati/Schedule Tribes, are residing in forests since time immemorial. There are nearly 10.4 million tribal people residing on 15% of total Indian geography and constitutes 8.6 % of total Indian population. Forests and tribals are culturally and traditionally linked to each other. Tribals have been living in the forest ecology and that has shaped their life and the society they presently have. Most of them live in close proximity of forest and depend on the forest for their livelihood and sustenance. The present book is an effort to understand the relationships between Tribes and Forests in India. Students of social science, Social work will find this book important in their study. Also Policy maker find the book helpful in their work. Tribes—India—Social conditions. Tribes—India—Economic conditions. Tribes—Government policy—India. Forests and forestry—Social aspects—India. NATURE / General bisacsh