Forest Rights
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Tamil Nadu ban on grazing inside sanctuary threatens livelihood of Adivasis, forest inhabitants
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The contradictions of the increase in India’s tiger population
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SC on illegal constructions in Corbett park: Amazed by Uttarakhand ex-forest minister’s audacity
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To compensate for mining projects, Adivasi land in Jharkhand is being taken over for afforestation
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Parliament clears Bill to amend Forest Conservation Act
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Explained: The Forest Conservation Amendment Bill that has sparked concern
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Parliament panel clears all amendments to Forest Conservation Act, four Opposition MPs dissent
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How Adivasis in an MP village are being dispossessed: First for ‘development’, now ‘afforestation’
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In Dudhwa National Park, Tharu women are engaged in a long-standing fight for forest rights
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How wildlife conservation laws and policies have reduced the Forest Rights Act to a paper tiger
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How the discussion on wildlife conservation has sidelined the rights of forest-dwelling communities
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A railway project to the China border in Sikkim is violating land rights of indigenous communities
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India at 75: What would our forests say about being the ecological property of the nation-state?
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Will the change in forest conservation rules by the Centre affect Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo movement?
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Unhappy with government prices, Adivasis in Chhattisgarh take their tendu leaves to the open market
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‘My village, my rule’: Forest rights are fostering self-sustaining communities in Maharashtra
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Recognising Adivasis’ rights over forest land has helped protect nature in Gondia district
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India’s compensatory afforestation push is cutting off Adivasi women from forests and livelihoods
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In Maharashtra’s Melghat, wildlife conservation efforts are endangering the rights of Adivasis
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After a decades-long struggle, the Maldharis’ right to Banni grasslands has finally been restored
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In Uttarakhand, Van Gujjars are being displaced by both environmentalism and development projects
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In Kashmir, the long-awaited Forest Rights Act is a boon for some – but pastoralists are anxious
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The death of an elephant in the Nilgiris spotlights the tussle over a conservation project
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Denied government benefits for over two decades, two Assam villages are camping in Tinsukia town
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Coronavirus: India’s unplanned lockdown unleashed fresh hell for its Adivasis
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Over 13,000 families living in 26 ‘protected areas’ displaced between 1999 to 2019, shows study
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Adivasis are being made the scapegoat for the industrial-scale felling of trees along Betwa river
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Laws meant to protect the environment are threatening forests and those dependent on them
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In Odisha’s Similipal park, recognition of community rights paved the way for sustainable growth
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An Adivasi community in Kerala has united to save the region’s dwindling hornbill population
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‘Jal, jungle, zameen’: In Delhi, hundreds of Adivasis demand their legal right to forest land
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Andhra Pradesh and Telangana offer no help as Chhattisgarh Adivasis seek land rights
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The Daily Fix: Despite relief for Aarey, India is losing the larger battle to protect its forests
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Forest Rights Act: UN experts call for ban on forced evictions, raise concerns over enactment of law
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From rejection to eviction: The illegal ways in which MP Adivasis have been denied forest rights
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SC asks nine states to file responses about procedure of evicting Adivasis from forest land
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Special Report: After pellet gunfire, 153 Adivasis in MP face police case – as does a dead man
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‘While deciding forest rights claims, due process was not followed,’ eight states tell Supreme Court
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Four Adivasis injured in alleged pellet gun firing by forest officials in Madhya Pradesh
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An Indian government afforestation programme is brazenly usurping Adivasi land
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Government tweaks afforestation norms for forest land acquisition, worrying environmentalists
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SC to hear plea seeking stay on alleged demolition of houses of Adivasis in Chhattisgarh on April 23
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Forest rights could decide results in 25% seats in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, finds study
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In Rajasthan, Forest Rights Act was wantonly flouted to reject Adivasis’ claims to their land
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Supreme Court stays order evicting families of Adivasis, forest-dwellers across 16 states
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Eviction of forest-dwellers: SC to hear on Thursday Centre’s plea seeking stay on earlier order
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After Congress, BJP says they’ll file review pleas against order evicting forest-dwelling groups
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Five reasons why claims by forest dwellers for their land are low – and rejections are high
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Rahul Gandhi asks Chhattisgarh, MP CMs to file plea against SC order on eviction of forest-dwellers
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Centre’s weak legal defence of forest act means ten lakh families could be evicted, say activists
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Supreme Court orders eviction of more than 10 lakh Adivasi and forest-dwelling families
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Forest Rights Act: Politicians, adivasi groups ask Centre if it wants to ‘sacrifice’ the law
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Iron ore mining is devouring Jharkhand’s sal-rich Saranda forest, hurting its Adivasi residents
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How a tribe in Karnataka fought and won a legal battle to stay in a tiger reserve
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Tribal affairs ministry opposes Centre’s draft National Forest Policy for its ‘privatisation thrust’
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Women are the guardians of the forest. So why does India ignore them in its policies?
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Video: Why adivasi farmers in Maharashtra want the Forest Rights Act implemented
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From compulsory consent to no consultation: How the government diluted Adivasi rights to forestlands
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Grass or tree?: A rule reclassifying bamboo claims to benefit tribals – but industry will gain more
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New wildlife plan backs Adivasi rights in tiger reserves despite environment ministry stalling them
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How the tribal affairs ministry allowed tiger reserves to get away with displacing Adivasis
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Centre’s draft rules on compensatory afforestation allow gram sabha consent to be bypassed
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In Himachal Pradesh, a village is using the law to take back forest land from the Forest Department
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70 villages in Maharashtra unite to oppose mining, save the Adivasi way of life
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Adivasis have taken charge of the tendu auction in Gadchiroli, but there’s room for improvement
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A Kerala tribe invokes its newly acquired forest rights to fight off a dam