Moreover,
the
Act
is
important
for
the
conservation
of
forest
resources.
The
Act
does
focus
on
conservation
and
gives
impetus
to
the
tribal
communities
to
play
a
role
in
conservation
of
forest
resources
by
utilizing
some
of
their
traditional
techniques.
Forest
conservation
is
important
for
reaching
the
goal
of
sustainable
development.
India
has
been
aiming
towards
sustainable
development
from
1972
onwards
after
the
Stockholm
Conference
that
took
place
in
the
same
year.
It
is
the
objective
of
every
nation
to
give
importance
to
sustainable
development
and
the
issue
has
been
raised
in
various
held
conventions.
India
has
international
pressure
towards
conservation
of
natural
resources,
forest
being
one
of
the
most
important
out
of
them.
India
is
also
a
signatory
to
Agenda
21
which
was
formulated
in
the
Rio
Conference
held
in
the
year
1992.
The
Agenda
deals
with
sustainable
development
through
natural
resource
conservation.
The
Agenda
also
includes
forest
as
a
resource.
The
objective
of
sustainable
development
was
kept
in
mind
while
drafting
the
Forest
Rights
Act,
dilution
of
the
same
would
mean
an
obstruction
in
the
achievement
of
the
objective.
In
all
these
aspects
the
Forest
Rights
Act
does
play
a
very
important
role.
The
reason
given
that
the
Act
is
a
bad
law
because
it
causes
an
obstruction
to
development
seems
to
be
a
weak
one.
Development
should
be
sustainable
development
which
means
that
development
of
a
nation
should
not
be
at
the
cost
of
its
environment.
The
forest
rights
provided
to
the
tribal
communities
are
equivalent
to
their
right
to
livelihood
and
as
all
of
us
know
the
right
to
livelihood
is
a
fundamental
right
as
per
Article
21
of
the
Constitution
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