How a conversion ‘mistake’ made Maharashtra top forest rights performer for a decade

State’s ‘stellar achievement’ turns out to be a simple mathematical mistake raises doubt over government data

‘Someone should speak on behalf of environment’

Shibani Ghosh, the author of Indian Environmental Law: Key Concepts and Principles, speaks to Down To Earth on the role judiciary plays in …

राजधानी दिल्ली में वनवासियों की धमक, कहा- वनाधिकार कानून लागू हो

सुप्रीम कोर्ट में 26 नवंबर को वन अधिकार कानून 2006 पर सुनवाई होनी है। उससे पहले देश के विभिन्न राज्यों से वनवासियों ने दिल्ली ...

Uttar Pradesh grants 3 forest villages revenue status under FRA

Kaluwala, Sodhinagar and Bhagwatpur were given the revenue status, which means that the inhabitants, Tongia tribals, will now have access to …

Chhattisgarh govt keeps poll promise, starts review of rejected FRA claims

The step is a reflection of how issues related to FRA have become politically relevant, say activists

Civil society criticises Centre’s Global Wildlife Programme, doubts minister’s claims

The Global Wildlife Programme has been launched in partnership with World Bank and United Nations Development Programme to curb illegal wildlife …

Mizoram revokes Forest Rights Act

State government misused Article 371 (G) to revoke FRA in Mizoram, critics allege

Govt committed to giving land titles to eligible forest dwellers: Javadekar

He also defended the Centre’s role in the case questioning the FRA’s validity

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 …

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-…

Hunger strike for FRA implementation continues in Chhattisgarh; state yet to respond

Government has given land under the Individual Forest Rights titles, which is way less than what people originally occupied

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

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

Cannot evict tribals from tiger reserves without their consent: NCST

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

40,000 trees cut near Odisha’s Talabira village to make way for coal mine

Local residents, in charge of forest for half a century, not taken into confidence before tree felling

छत्तीसगढ़ में वन अधिकार दावे वाली जमीन से बॉक्साइट खनन पर हाईकोर्ट ने लगाई रोक 

आदिवासियों के वन अधिकार वाली जगह पर बॉक्साइट खनन किया जा रहा है, जिस पर अदालत ने रोक लगा दी है 

Claims under FRA being wrongfully rejected in Bengal

Claims that had been piling up since 2010 are now being rejected at the instance of the forest department

Now tribal affairs ministry FRA claim settlement number under cloud

Is there something fishy behind giving wrong data for over a decade and then disowning it?

FSI shall take 16 years to complete encroachment survey in FRA case

Only four states have sent their data to the body so far

Chhattisgarh High Court prevents PSU from evicting forest rights title holders

Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation had started mining in Sarguja district’s Pathrai village, where 50 Individual Forest Rights …

वनवासियों पर बेदखली की तलवार, जिम्मेवार कौन

ऐतिहासिक वनाधिकार अधिनियम के बावजूद वनवासियों पर मंडरा रहा है जंगल से बेदखल किए जाने का खतरा

100 gram sabhas in Odisha’s Kalahandi district to assert rights on bamboo, kendu

In Odisha, both these commodities are nationalised, thereby curtailing the rights of the people on them