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?