Clash over ‘Green Gold’: Chhattisgarh tribals to file FIR against forest official over tendu leaf collection

The official had seized tendu leaves collected by tribals which they wanted to sell on their own instead of to the government  

Tendu finds no takers; no contractor turns up for auction in Maharashtra  

It seems contractors are waiting until mid-April, when leaves plucking will start and collectors will be forced to sell leaves at throwaway prices

Disagreement between Odisha Kendu pluckers union and forest activists

Kendu pluckers union is batting for state collection of Kendu while the activists oppose it

Maharashtra forest department backtracks on forest fire guidelines

To relax rules to lure tendu contractors

COVID-19: Odisha allows collection of non-timber forest produce

Experts had been demanding NTFPs’ exemption from the lockdown as they are a vital part of India’s tribal economy

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

Tribals, forest department at loggerheads over tendu leaves

Current tendu leaf collection wages seven times less than state minimum wage

Row in Madhya Pradesh

Forest fires singe Nagzira sanctuary

Tendu leaf contractors are prime suspects

COVID-19: Maharashtra exempts non-timber forest produce from lockdown

Income from collecting tendu leaves keeps small farmers in Maharashtra from depending on loans

Why has tendu leaf revenue not reached forest dwellers even after 50 years?

Tendu leaves, primarily used to wrap beedis, provide the largest seasonal income and employment to 7.5 million forest-dwelling people in 12 states

Orissa kendu leaf workers end strike

COVID-19 lockdown deals blow to Rajasthan’s tendu leaf economy

Demand for tendu patta has been declining over the years, mainly due to decreasing consumption of bidis

Impending displacement for Orissa villagers

The Orissa government has finally begun disbursing compensation to likely oustees in the lower Suktel dam project. Nineteen families of Magurbeda …

In the tax bracket again

The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items -- tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a …

India simply does not acknowledge forest drought

Severe dry spells in Indian forests have hit the livelihood of more than 100 million people

COVID-19: Kendu leaf procurement hits roadblock in Odisha

State forest officials deter Kalahandi district’s village to procure kendu leaves through gram sabha   

Maharashtra forest department bans collection of tendu leaves from areas prone to forest fires

Tendu contractors and gram panchayats to be responsible for prevention and extinguishing of fires

High-risk trade

MFP is a renewable, reliable source of income, but faces many threats

Odisha tribals to sell kendu leaves and exercise their forest rights

The state’s forest department has not allowed sale of the leaves to anyone other than the goverment 

Price tag for tendu, bamboo

Government struggles to calculate cost of forest produce

Six villages in Odisha can now sell tendu leaves

These villages were earlier denied their right to sell this minor forest produce to any other buyer apart from the state's forest department

Madhya Pradesh forest department violates FRA, seizes tendu leaves from tribals

The leaves were reportedly confiscated as the women were selling them to buyers other than the forest department

‘State has tendu trade right’

Expert panel report denies forest dwellers this lucrative right

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