Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (Act No. 2 of 2007). Country/Territory India Document type Legislation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land. Subject Forestry, Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Right of use Agro-forestry Offences/penalties Access right Grazing/transhumance Biodiversity Community management Pastoralism Traditional rights/customary rights Range Hunting rights National parks Protected area Geographical area Asia, Southern Asia Abstract The purpose of this Act is to recognize forest rights to tribal communities who have been occupying the land before the forest laws were put into force. Full text English Website www.commonlii.org