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title: "Community Forest Resource Rights: FRA Section 3(1)(i)"
description: "Community Forest Resource Rights empower Gram Sabhas in India to manage customary forests collectively."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Community Forest Resource Rights are collective rights under India's Forest Rights Act 2006 empowering Gram Sabhas to protect, manage, and govern customary forest areas.
- How do Community Forest Resource Rights differ from individual forest rights under the FRA?
- Which authority issues the final CFR title?
- Can CFR rights be recognized inside a tiger reserve or protected area?
- How do CFR rights relate to Joint Forest Management?

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Community Forest Resource Rights are collective rights under India's Forest Rights Act 2006 empowering Gram Sabhas to protect, manage, and govern customary forest areas.

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## Timeline

1. 13 December 2005

   The specific authority is Section 3(1)(i), which vests in communities "the right to protect, regenerate or conserve or manage any community forest resource w…

2. 13 February 2019

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In 2011, the Soliga community of the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve in Karnataka became among the first to win Community Forest Resource Rights inside a tiger reserve, securing authority to manage their customary forest.

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