Odisha tribal department writes to collectors on FRA rejected claim review

The letter gives detailed instructions to district collectors about how to take up appeals and reviews of all rejected Individual Forest Right …

Indian Forest Act: What the proposed amendment entails

The government is all set to amend the colonial Indian Forest Act, and make it more biased against forest dwellers

New awakenings in the trans-Himalaya

With threats to common properties multiplying and people’s traditional access to living systems being denied, the Forest Rights Act is …

Gadchiroli villages to move SC against Maharashtra forest body

Villagers are challenging the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd’s 2016 decision under which, it felled 385 hectares of old-…

Forest dwellers in Himachal’s Kangra district soon to get rights under FRA

The district’s forest dwellers have filed 81 individual and 43 community rights claims so far

Taungyas get legal recognition

Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages

Misguided rules

Environment ministry framed guidelines which violate Forest Rights Act

A pause on hydropower

A recent report could check expansion of hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh

In the name of the tiger

The current conservation model has led to increased human-wildlife conflicts

Police clears way for POSCO

Batons and bullets chase agitators blocking access to steel plant site  

Grasping at grass

Maldharis resort to Forest Rights Act as forest department plans to restrict grazing on Banni grassland

Odisha ST/SC department raises alarm over FRA implementation

Only 4.76 per cent of the claims for forest land in Odisha have been disposed

Global non-profits appeal to India to prevent forced evictions of forest dwellers

Such evictions would violate India's obligations on human rights and biodiversity, they said

Van Gujjars: A repeat of historical injustice

The Uttarakhand High Court’s August 16 order on the removal of Van Gujjar families from the Jim Corbett National Park shows the deep-seated …

High time climate justice reflects in India’s forest policy

It is clear that recognition of tenure rights not only supports the building of climate resilience among forested communities but also co-…

Villagers allege illegal tree felling in Melghat; forest dept denies claims

Village Gram Sabha sent a letter to principal secretary, Maharashtra forest department, on Jan 27, seeking action

Mizoram revoked FRA due to stoppage of funding from Centre since 2014 

The resolution passed by the state assembly revoking the Act notes that the Union govt declined the state government's demand of Rs 10 lakh to …

Final arguments in FRA case to begin on November 26

The court admitted all Intervention Applications even as the Centre’s representative, the Solicitor General, remained absent

Social scientists, conservationists file application in SC supporting FRA

They say a wrong impression is sought to be created about the FRA, that it supports encroachment over forest land

If passed, new forest policy will benefit private sector and hurt local ecology: experts

The draft policy talks about developing “public private participation models” for undertaking “afforestation and reforestation …

Cannot evict tribals from tiger reserves without their consent: NCST

Earlier, NTCA rejected forest rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in tiger reserves

Uttarakhand district violates Forest Rights Act for Pancheshwar dam project

The Pithoragarh administration has not even formed district-level committee to implement FRA

Plantations, CAMPA loom large over community rights

Sal trees, which form an important source of livelihood for the tribal community, have been replaced with teak plantations in an Odisha village

Chhattisgarh cancels forest rights of tribals in Surguja

Activists claim the move was in response to the tribals’ protest against mining in their forest

Baiga tribals become India’s first community to get habitat rights

The administration used a gazette notification passed by the colonial British government, which recognised these areas as home of the Baigas, to …