Did tribal voters seal BJP’s fate in Chhattisgarh

Eviction, blocking access to forest rights could have been major bugbears

Very little is understood about Fifth and Sixth schedules of Indian constitution

On the 69th anniversary of passage of Fifth and Sixth Schedules, DTE brings first ever tabular comparison of these provisions

Forests, tribals and wildlife are not rivals, says environment minister

Anil Madhav Dave inaugurates two-day conference of senior-level forest officers from states

Niyamgiri: 10 years since India’s first environmental referendum

Niyamgiri case today serves as textbook example of good usage of free, prior  informed consent, without which asymmetry of power between …

The push to drive indigenous people out of forests

Life of a Dongria Kondh tribal offers insights on Indian government’s reckless interventions into the lives of indigenous people

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

Telangana’s revised District Mineral Foundation Rules to increase political interference

The amendment to the Rules has taken away the right of people to participate in making decisions on a fund meant for them

How the Act governing the Statue of Unity area violates the Constitution and the PESA Act

The provisions take away the autonomy of the tribal population to manage resources

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in Chhattisgarh can now access contraceptives

High Court quashes decades-old practice of denying rights to Baigas and other tribes

Green clearances are being increasingly treated as a mere formality

In the garb of streamlining green clearances, the Union government has sidelined communities and diluted environmental regulations over the past …

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

Amendments to century-old laws on tribal rights spark protests in Jharkhand

The proposed amendments would increase land acquisitions for mining and other industrial uses, causing mass displacement of tribals

The flame of forest rages on

A bureaucrat-turned-activist who saw governance through the eyes of the tribals

Fifth Schedule - Not a happy anniversary

Sixty-six years after B R Ambedkar introduced it, the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution, which grants powers to tribal people over their land …

Chhattisgarh may have stopped Bailadila mining, but for how long?

Tribal protestors may have had the first round, but mining giants are sure to put pressure

Spirit of forest law being quashed in Gujarat

Petitioners approach Gujarat High Court over rejection of 1,13,000 claims out of the 1,82,000 individual claims from across the 13 districts

Forest dept in Odisha oversteps FRA rules, complain tribal rights activists

They say that Kalahandi district’s divisional forest officer issued a transit permit to take bamboo out of forest land when he has no right …

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

US Congress passes tribal sovereignty act

Law will restore Native American leaders’ control over employee-employer relations on American-Indian lands

‘Legislated genocide’: Brazil’s new bill restricting recognition of tribal land sparks massive protests

Law will be devastating for indigenous rights, increase illegal deforestation, biodiversity loss, violence against forest dwellers, say experts &…

We break indigenous societies and yet are scared of ‘them’

Two tribal rights activists urge civil society to protect indigenous families facing the onslaught of inhuman greed and extreme apathy

British actor Mark Rylance voices support for the Kawahiva

The hunter-gatherer tribe of the Amazon rainforest is threatened by loggers, miners and powerful ranchers who steal their land and resources

Claims that poaching funds terror groups in East Africa may not be true

Accusations on tribals will divert attention from the illegal trade’s main facilitators, says a new report

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

Tiger population doubles after tribals allowed to coexist in tiger reserve

The Soliga tribe in Karnataka is the first to have been allowed to continue living alongside tigers in reserved area