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environment also. Harassment and evictions by the forestdepartment which operates without adequate checks andbalances and the diversion of agriculture and forest land fornon-agriculture and non-forest use and large scale denial ofcommunity rights constitutes another problem area. Thishas led to increasing conflict compounded by the poorfunctioning of the Adivasi Development Departments inthe states and poor utilisation of Tribal Sub Plan allocations.v. AdolescentsThere is a dearth of initiatives to promote theinvolvement of adolescents in managing the environment.There are very few sensitization programmes for adolescentsrelating to the environment.37