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  Some environmentalist allege tribal for destroying forest for their use and some says that they are more eco-sensitive and protect nature betterly. Then what do your infer from the both references?         

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                  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.