Over 100 Odisha Gram Sabhas exercise forest rights, cut out middlemen to sell kendu leaves directly
Move helping villagers get better prices, ensuring on gap in collection of leaves from all areas and helping underprivileged tribes
Odisha tribals allege illegal mining survey in community forest area, demand action by Centre
Government officials threatened and intimidated them, allege villagers
How the struggle for forest rights united a nagar panchayat & divided another in Chhattisgarh
Tumbahra & Churiyara became one of the 1st nagar panchayats to receive CFRR titles
Community leadership reduces deforestation, poverty: Nepal study
Deforestation was down 37 per cent, poverty fell 4.3 per cent between 2000 and 2012
After 40 years, Nayagarh villagers finally reap benefits of cashew plantation
So long the state government auctioned cashew but didn't share profits
FRA in SC: 3 intervention applications from Wildlife First ahead
The apex court will decide whether to take them up in September 12 hearing
Meet Sasi Mausi: A sentinel of Odisha forest
This sexagenarian fought timber mafia half her life to reclaim forest hills
Odisha issues guidelines for FRA convergence plan implementation
The guidelines aim to increase benefits through community involvement
Empowered local governance key for forest restoration and management, finds study
Tree planting drives alone cannot help address climate crisis and biodiversity loss, it highlights
Community forest resources: Sustainable use, state norms must
No guidelines for gram sabhas to conserve or manage forest areas so far
Himachal villages claim community forest rights for the first time
Threatened by an eviction notice, villages come forward to claim their community rights
Community forest rights in critical tiger habitats under threat
NTCA's order to deny forest rights in tiger habitat has become a contentious issue
21 villages inside Simlipal Tiger Reserve granted community forest rights
Exercising the rights however, might prove to be a challenge
Tribal ministry panels draft fresh guidelines for community forest, habitat rights
Gram Sabhas may get more power in managing community forest, habitat
Community forest rights for Gondia's tribal villages
Improved claim formats; no unfair caveats
State V Dongria Kondhs
Global Eco Watch: Ice Age woolly rhino unearthed in Siberia
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Forests for people
Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty
Village in Tadoba Andhari reserve wants forest titles, not relocation
Maharashtra government distributes Rs 25,000 cheques, claims relocation has resumed
Amended Forest Rights Act rules notified; more powers to gram sabha
Forest department’s role in managing forest resources curtailed
Village bullied for using its forest
Forest department registers offence against a gram sabha for felling bamboo clusters
Fifty villages in Gadchiroli boycott polls, demanding forest rights
Separate Aheri district, basic facilities are other demands
Village gets community rights over forest submerged by dam
A portion of reservoir given for management and fishing
India among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO
Half of people employed in forestry in the world are in India
‘Dilution of forest rights, interference by environment ministry unconstitutional’
Tribal groups raise concerns regarding delay in recognition of Community Forest Rights