Is it necessary to relocate tribal people out of the forests to conserve environment?

Hardly anyone who would contradict me if I say that human beings are the most intelligent race on this planet; this is a statement that has a lot of scientific backing as well. But no matter how intelligent as a race we are, there are numerous examples from past where we have used our own intelligence (?) against ourselves and such incidents have mostly happened in situations when the impact of our actions was very slow and any observable change could be seen only after a significant period of time so that hardly few of those who contributed to this change were alive to actually see it and it is because of this fact that most of us seem to hardly care about the mess we are creating around us. The other thing that aggravates the situation is the basic human nature which is full of greed. The ones who have access to natural resources keep exploiting them knowing that they are destroying the environment but they keep doing it because though the ill effects are shared by the entire humanity, it is they who get to keep the entire profits. I sometimes also feel that human beings also have a tendency to be careless, alcoholism, rash driving, smoking are all examples pointing to it; this again, I think, contributes because there are people who actually don’t care about the damage they are doing.
No matter how slow the effects of human activities are, the cumulative effect becomes evident after a certain point. The consequences become so grave that it becomes impossible for most of us to ignore them that is the reason that the carnage, though slow in nature, that we human beings have done over last thousand years on the environment has aggravated to the extent that it at least has come to our notice now and today we are aware of the destruction that our activities can cause in year to come. The trade off between greed and preservation of the environment is still to be found. It might be actually impossible to find such a balance that suits the needs and greed of all the human beings but still something generic that can be applied to majority of the population is possible. It is nothing new today, at least in the educated society, if someone comes up to you and tells you horrible stories about civilizations that kept exploiting its natural resources at a very rapid pace eventually ceased to exit because in the process they caused irreparable damage to their surroundings and over a period of time the cumulative effect of their activities was so powerful that their surroundings could not support the survival of those civilizations. Maya and Indus Valley civilizations are two examples of many such civilizations; both of these civilizations blossomed and mastered the art of survival and in retrospect are considered to belong to the most intelligent civilizations to live on this earth. Both these civilizations had their peaks but eventually had a downfall as well. The activities of these civilizations were the reason why they were able to reach their peaks, and not surprisingly, it was due to those activities itself that these civilizations had to see their downfall followed by ultimate wipeout.
Today, we can confidently say that we have learnt from the mistakes that our ancestors made in the past and therefore, it makes a lot of sense to make sure that we do not repeat those mistakes. But this is not just an individual responsibility in the sense that just not making mistake as an individual is not the solution, one also has to be observant to see what’s happening around him/her and intervene in every possible situation to ensure that people who are not aware of the gravity of the situation become aware of it and find ways to deal with the problem. Also, we need to be prudent in our actions so that we can mend, at least to certain extent, the damage caused by our past actions. So, the environmentalists who warn of possible damage to the environment by the tribes simply because of their lack of knowledge do make a valid point. But then why is there so much of opposition from the activists, after all, these activists are also educated people and know what they are talking about; they sure will not defend destruction of the environment they themselves live in. Well, the one reason is that the environmentalists argue that because the activities of these tribes most certainly will have a negative impact on the surrounding environment and as we have already deforested most of our lands, we should relocate these tribes from the forest and make forests free from human interface. This argument surely causes a lot of agitation because in a way it is like saying that the way the tribes live is harmful to us so let us ensure that we change their way of life. Let us, for a while, think of a tribal who has spent his/her entire life in the forest, living the way the life is there, how easy or difficult a transition from such a life would be for that person is not hard to imagine. Moreover, ethically also, we have no right to change someone else’s life so that it suits our scheme of things. There is hardly any human being whose activities do not harm the environment, so who gave us the right to say that poor, illiterate tribal should change and not us? How would an environmentalist feel is someone told him/her that your activities in the city you live in are harmful for the society as a whole so you should shift to some remote village? Obviously, none of us would be happy if we were to face a situation like this. That is the most important reason why the solution that advocates the relocation of tribes, though productive, sounds inhumane and we must not forget while figuring out the solution that it is the human race for whose betterment we are debating here.
So, does that mean there is no solution to this problem and if there is, then what is that solution? The solution to this problem, just like most of the environment related issues, lies in adapting better life style. The macro problem of overall degradation of the environment does not have removal of the entire human race from the earth and relocation to some other planet and thus the solution to the problem at hand is also not relocation. The solution lies in the fact that one must make others aware of ways in which all of us should operate so that we do not harm our environment irreparably; shifting of the tribes from one location or taking off human interface completely is not a solution, rather it is like shutting ourselves from a situation we have created because we are too scared and do not want to take responsibility to mend what we damaged. From the example of Indus valley and Maya civilizations given above, we must learn to change the way we conduct our activities to suit the environment because our activities have an impact on the environment and the environment keeps changing. Therefore, we must constantly keep observing the environment and adapt our activities accordingly.
The possible solution can be worked out with the intervention of authorities to educate the tribes and to ensure that their activities are not causing irreparable damage to the environment. The shifting of tribes from their natural habitat makes absolutely no sense according to me and thus should be discouraged, rather more innovative ways to tackle the problem should be thought of. The solution should vaguely look like what I have said above and should have the following points in it:
The tribes should be educated about the ill practices that lead to significant damage to the environment and they should be encouraged to use healthy practices
The government and NGOs should introduce scientific methods for activities like cooking, farming etc to conserve the environment
There is no need for relocation outside their natural habitat because of the reasons stated above
Relocation, however, can be done from one part of the habitat to another. This would ensure that the damage does not reach irreparable lavels
Authorities like the forest department should constantly monitor if the changes are taking place due to the above steps
Suitable punishment should be devised for frequent offenders
But implementation of the above would also need a few changes in the administration as the above steps have a sound administrative system and a prerequisite. The process will be a slower one but the improvement is sure to come.