New leaked chapter of Asia trade deal shows RCEP will undercut farmers’ control over seeds

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership threatens to increase corporate power in member countries, leaving ordinary people with little rights

Forest dwellers denied rights

Government considering amending Forest Rights Act

Out of form

Tiger over wildlife

Tribals won’t budge

Demand rights over national park in Borivali

‘Claims of Forest Rights Act holding up growth are bogus'

In fact, states are holding up recognition of forest rights in the areas where big-ticket projects are planned, say forest dwelling community …

Include public, fight Naxalites

Planning Commission wants to improve Integrated Action Plan

Wildlife habitat rules withdrawn

Two tribal villages get 2,349 hectares

Settling forest rights a must now

Suzlon in trouble

Tribals beaten out of forestland

Forest departments claim they are encroachers

Lies, deceit and relocation

People shifted from Sariska tiger reserve allege they have been deprived of forest rights

Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Mauritius Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a law that criminalises consensual same-sex acts between adult men

Odisha announces state forest rights scheme to benefit over 7 lakh households

‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana’ is aimed to effectively implement Forest Rights Act, 2006 in the state

Fight for forest rights: Why these Dhamtari Adivasis gave up over 100 acres of cropland to plant trees

Forest dwellers of Karipani and Budra villages were put through a trial by fire to prove they care about conservation

Post-COVID-19 world needs more inclusive designs for persons with disabilities

Though a 100% inclusion is rarely possible, it shouldn’t deter architects or designers to strive for the ultimate through iterations of …

States violate community forest rights as Centre delays implementation of CAF Act

States exploit the delay in the drafting of rules for the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act to assert rights over land claimed by communities …

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Human rights, environment activists unsafe in Asia: Report

688 cases of violations and abuses recorded in 18 countries in 2017, 2018

Assam’s NRC process mired in ad hocism and prejudice

Millions of people becoming stateless in their own land is totally unacceptable

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