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Category Archives: Forest Rights Act (FRA)
Video & ePub: “Biodiversity”: Inherited knowledge and its value for modern healthcare & using resources in a sustainable manner – M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Learn from M S Swaminathan – a world renowned scientist – how biological diversity contributes to public health, people’s livelihood and environmental security in addition to food security: his call on Indian citizens to use and share resources in a more … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Biodiversity, Colonial policies, Constitution and Supreme Court, Customs, Eastern region, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, ePub & eJournal, Ethnobotany, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Gandhian social movement, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Success story, Tips, Video resources - external, Wayanad, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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Forests mean different things to different people: Biologists and conservationists, strategic planners and tribal people – Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand & Odisha
Forests mean different things to different people, for biologists and conservationists, an ecosystem has to adhere to certain scientific norms to qualify it as a forest. For strategic planners, forests are “an administrative category implying a desired land use” whether … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Tribal identity
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ePub | What is the Forest Rights Act about? Who is a forest dweller under this law, and who gets rights?
The passage of the Scheduled Tribes and other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act (2006), recognizing both the individual and community rights over forest and forest resources is an attempt to redress the “historical injustice” meted out to [200 … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Colonial policies, Democracy, ePub & eJournal, FAQ, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, History, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Nature and wildlife, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Tips
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A historical plea to ‘secure the advancement of the tribals without disturbing the essential harmony of their life and secure their integration without imposition’: Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission – Government of India
Indians are truly rooted in an ethos of living in harmony with their land. There was a time when the Indian subcontinent was carpeted in green… watered by glacial rivers, blessed by rolling hills and productive grasslands, lush rainforests and … Continue reading →