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
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
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
Adivasis in Jhargram fight a divided battle for the same aim in LS polls
In these General Elections, tribals in West Bengal are sparring among themselves over politicising their struggle for tribal rights
Polavaram dam project has opened floodgates of corruption: activists
Activists are calling for setting up of a multi-member judicial commission to do a comprehensive enquiry into the process of land acquisition, …
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