Photo: Shuchita Jha / CSE
Photo: Shuchita Jha / CSE

DTE Reportage: What will the rejection of Individual Forest Rights claims mean?

Down To Earth reports from the ground and places things in perspective

IFR review: Madhya Pradesh’s Van Mitra portal a tool to re-reject forest right claims, RTI data shows


Official machinery rejects claims without the knowledge of the Gram Sabha or the Forest Rights Committee
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IFR review: Lapse in procedure behind rejection of claims in Burhanpur


Claims filed in 2020 through the Van Mitra Portal were rejected without sharing the reason for the same with the claimants
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IFR review: States do dubious paperwork, cite baseless reasons for refusing forest rights to tribals, DTE finds


IFR claimants are being used as bait to prove that tribal communities clear forest land for cultivation, experts feel
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IFR review: Here are some possible repercussions of rejecting reviewed forest right claims


Some 1.688 million people, whose claims have been re-rejected, face threat of eviction and food security
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