Farm and Forest

20 years of FRA 2006, J and K appoints Tribal Ministry as Nodal agency

Despite the Union government’s tardy approach since the passage of the historic Forest Rights Act in 2006, states such as Jammu and Kashmir are now taking the lead in securing indigenous land rights. Groups including the Wullar Bachav Front and the All India Union of Forest Working Peoples (AIUWFP) have been engaging with the state administration on the issue

Forest Dweller rights missing from Election 2019 discourse

The Lok Sabha elections have concluded, results are in,...

How Tribals in Jharkhand Are Being Saffronised

Jharkhand is witnessing a silent but an intense religious...

Aarey Adivasis demand forest rights, implementation of FRA

Adivasi residents of 27 hamlets located inside Mumbai's famous...

Adivasi professor arrested for 2017 Facebook post on the right to eat beef

A lawyer from the team handling Hansda’s case told...

Key concerns about violations of UN covenant with regard to Dalits and Adivasis: Joint submission

Joint submission* to United Nations Human Rights Committee, adoption...

Fact- finding visit to Niyamgiri – Lanjigada area by CDRO and GASS

A 16-member fact-finding team of All India Coordination of...

“There have been even more atrocities against dalits and adivasis since 2014…”

Martin Macwan in conversation with Githa HariharanThe recent publication...

Will Jharkhand’s voters defend Adivasi and Land Rights this election?

Jharkhand is going to polls on April 29 in...

Key hurdles in implementing Forest Rights Act in Gujarat: Experience from the ground

The report “Forest Rights, Legal Wrongs: Grassroots Realities and...

Tripura Lok Sabha polls see boycotts over lack of basic amenities

Tribals living in Bhagirath Para in Tripura’s Dhalai district,...

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