State inaction

The traditional forest dweller has had very few entitlements down centuries. Guardian of the forest, he has been regarded as encroacher by the …

Thin end of wedge

Why Vedanta's success will be bad news

Big impact

Mining will tax area's natural resources

Taungyas get legal recognition

Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages

Australian Aboroginal Land Rights Act tabled for amendement

Efficiency versus democracy

Andhra salt-makers want recognition as farmers

Zimbabwean unsettles its resettled farmers

Chile's Mapuche tribe renew fight for land rights

Reality check

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Githabul tribe gets native title rights in Australia

No state support to Zimbabwe's A2 farmers

In Court

Meaning of 'forest' set to change in India

How should a 'forest' be defined in India? The Union ministry of environment and forests is currently preoccupied with this question. Placing …

Kenya's Ogiek tribe fights government to return home

Battle over oil, coal & forests

Rights without benefits

Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, …

Cold comfort for 400,000 Burundi refugees

IN COURT

Agitation over forestland

UN adopts declaration on rights of indigenous people

Dictated by land

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings

The town farmers built

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