(i) To a vast number of tribal people, the forest, is a home, a livelihood, their very existence.
(ii) It provides them food, fruits of all kinds, edible leaves, honey nourishing roots and wild game.
(iii) It provides them with material to build their houses and items for practising their arts.
(iv) The importance of forests in tribaleconomy is well-known as they are the source of sustenance and livelihood for tribal communities.
(v) The age old knowledge of tribal sregarding forestry can be used in the development of forests.
(vi) Rather than treating tribals as minor forest produce collectors they should be made growers of minor forest produce and encouraged to participate in conservation.
