Displacement fears

Apparently, in India the rights of people living in and around national parks and sanctuaries are ignored, while the rest of the world moves towards policies that reconcile wildlife conservation with human rights and justice. You are requested to ensure strict compliance of the Hon'ble Supreme Court's order so that none of the above prohibited activities are allowed to be undertaken in protected areas". ATREE and other organisations have shown that in the case of three medicinal plants in the Biligiri Sanctuary, such activities by the local Adivasis are not ecologically detrimental; this would be the case of many resource uses by local populations across India's protected areas, so there simply is no justification for making such a blanket prohibition. A clarification should be sought from the Supreme Court in order to permit the continuation of traditional bona fide and livelihood activities by communities within protected areas, as customary rights.