While safeguarding Indigenous rights and providing compensation, it is also necessary to establish counseling and training mechanisms, effectively monitor forest resources, and implement nurturing responsibilities, while promoting industrial upgrades. This approach will meet the needs of sustainable development. In doing so, not only will the original intent of conservation under the ‘Logging Ban Compensation Act’ be fulfilled, but it will also align with the essential principle of Indigenous peoples coexisting harmoniously with the land.
Source:Environmental Information Center