Answer:
No
doubt, tribals rely on forest products for their survival i.e., food, wood,
fuel wood, medicines etc but they use them in sustainable manner. They practice
lopping rather than felling of trees so they are not destroying forest completely.
Only incidence of deforestation is slash and burn agriculture practiced by many
tribals which deplete forests, but these are not practically permanent
destruction of forest, after they abandoned the land in some years, the land
again generate forests in a short span of years.
The tribals are basically nature lovers, they worship trees, wildlifes as
god or other sacred elements and protect the nature with traditional methods.
Tribals are innocent peoples they do not destroy the ecology knowingly and not exploit
the nature for commercial purpose extensively as the modern man do it. So, the
recent forest Act - 2006 give tribals right on forest and include them legally
with nature conservation process.
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