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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
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Draft environmental impact notification (EIA) doom for natural resources, forests, withdraw it: NAPM
A nationwide alliance of people’s movement and an influential...
Lockdown benefits! SHGs involved in MFP collection: Chhattisgarh
Self-help groups aid in minor forest produce collection in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh
Lockdown horror: Manipur forest department demolishes homes of forest dwellers
No information yet on if and when alternative accommodation will be provided to the families
32 tribals homes demolished in Kalahandi Odisha
Odisha Forest Department carries out demolitions amidst lockdown, leaving nearly 90 people shelter-less in the punishing summer
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Stop the open industrial and mining activities in tribal areas: NGO to Odisha CM
Concerns raised by Lokshakti Abhiyan in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
MHA exempts MFP and NTFP from lockdown
Issues further lockdown guidelines related to agriculture, horticulture, plantations, financial sector and construction activities
Denying Forest Dwellers Rights, Gauhati HC orders removal of Adivasi “encroachers”
Denying forest dwellers rights in the Chariduar Reserved Forest, the Guwahati HC has directed the evacuation of “encroachers
Adivasis ousted from both home & land rights through a draconian law: Gujarat
In the guise of tourism, the new Statue of Unity Act not only illegally converts a forested area over which the local tribal population has constitutionally guaranteed rights into an ‘urban’ area in which they will need government permission to do anything but legalizes evictions
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