Habitat rights of Odisha’s tribal group denied; their livelihood also at stake
The bone of contention is the core area of the Similipal Tiger Reserve where the Mankidia tribe eke out a living by collecting Siali fibre
अपने नीड़ में लौटते विस्थापित बैगा
कोयला खदानों के कारण सिंगरौली के सिधिखुर्ग, तिय्यरा, झांझी, सिधिकला और हर्रहवा गांव के 3088 लोग विस्थापित हुए थे। मुआवजा वितरण और पुनर्वास में ...
Cannot evict tribals from tiger reserves without their consent: NCST
Earlier, NTCA rejected forest rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in tiger reserves
Rightful or rightless: Forest villagers in Saranda struggle to shed ‘illegal’ tag
Jharkhand forest department refuses to recognise rights of occupants of forest villages like Marchi gada in West Singhbhum
गरीब कल्याण योजना: विकास के सवाल और योजनाओं का मानसून
गरीब कल्याण योजना तभी प्रासंगिक हो सकती है जब आजीविका के लिए उनके जल, जंगल और जमीन जैसे संसाधनों पर उनका अधिकार हो
जल-जंगल-जमीन हमारा, नहीं चलेगा राज तुम्हारा, यहां गूंज रहे हैं ये नारे
ओडिशा के पुरी में चल रहे नेशनल अलायंस फॉर पीपल्स मूवमेंट (एनएपीएम) के 12वें राष्ट्रीय सम्मेलन में जल-जंगल-जमीन के मुद्दे गूंज रहे हैं
Forest Rights Act: A litmus test for govt to protect forest dwellers
It is now the turn of the BJP-led central government, which won 38 out of 48 reserved seats for Scheduled Tribes across the country, to stand by …
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
Himachal Pradesh launches eviction drive, ignores forest rights of tribal farmers
More than 10,000 plots across the state’s forest areas have been identified for eviction
Baiga Tribes Get Habitat Rights for the first time in Independent India
Ramesh Sharma, Convener, Ekta Parishad gives an insight about the indigenous primitive tribes of India. Out of 76 primitive tribes Baigas …
ऐतिहासिक अन्याय और वनाधिकार कानून
वनाधिकार कानून लागू करते हुये भारत सरकार की यह स्वीकारोक्ति कि यह कानून 'ऐतिहासिक अन्याय' को समाप्त करने में मील का पत्थर साबित होगा ...
A decade on, only 40% of FRA claims approved
The latest status report of the FRA says most claims were rejected by either gram sabhas or district committees
88% land conflicts in South Asia remain unsolved; 47% result in violence
Environmental damage was also a common problem, accounting for 29 per cent of cases
Ten asks for the First 100 Days of New Government
Growth needs to inclusive and it needs to happen in a way that rights of communities and rights of future generations are not lost
Ten years of FRA: only 3 per cent of forest dwellers’ rights recognised
Collective rights to undo historic injustice meted out to indigenous people remain completely ignored by the states, says Citizens’ report
Custodian violates forest rights
MoEF clears projects in forests without settling land rights of people
वनवासियों पर भारी न पड़ जाए सरकार की जल्दबाजी
आरोप है कि मंशा सही होने के बावजूद छत्तीसगढ़ सरकार आदिवासियों के दावों की सुनवाई में जल्दबाजी कर रही है
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 …
Excising mutilation
Inside ad hoc forests
Government failure, both at the Centre and the states, is hurting communities and forests alike
Red tape binds law
Maharashtra villagers don’t even get forms to file forest claims
Access to justice curbed
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
Reforms in India’s forest sector stuck in reverse gear
The proposed amendment to the IFA reveals the mindset of policymakers regarding the forest sector has not changed
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?