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Forests as livelihoods for tribals – Project Tiger in Odisha (Orissa)

Source: Endangered Tigers and the Fate of Indigenous peoples: The Story of Jenabil, India | EcoWalktheTalkAddress : http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2010/05/13/endangered-tigers-and-the-fate-of-indigenous-peoples-the-story-of-jenabil-india/Date Visited: Wed Aug 17 2011 20:11:19 GMT+0200 (CEST)

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Reserves that are central to the ecological security of a unique group of islands: Tribal rights and conservation – Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Source: “An intricate web” by Pankaj Sekhsaria (The Hindu, 4 February 2012)Address : https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine//article59800934.eceDate Visited: 24 July 2025 Andaman’s clean environment, ecology must be preserved: President MurmuPORT BLAIR: President Droupadi …

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“Real history is created by ordinary people”: Mahashweta Devi (1926-2016), a writer who became a voice of marginalised communities

Mahashweta Devi, a writer who became a voice of marginalised communities DTE Staff, Thursday 28 July 2016 | To read the full article, click here >> Mahashweta Devi was not just …

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Turning sacred groves into oases of biodiversity through community participation: The People’s biodiversity register (PBR) – Goa

Rajendra P Kerkar, Times of India, Dec 1, 2016 KERI: The village panchayat of Bhironda in Sattari taluka has become the state’s first local self-governing body to have completed work on …

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The Right to Information Act (RTI): Legislation that empowers citizens to prevent illegitimate concentrations of power

The basic object of the Right to Information Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption, and make our democracy …

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“The world sells humans. What kind of world is this?” – Hindi Movie “Kamla” revisited

“Tribals are subject to oppression and cruelty even after independence and still picked up by the investigating officers to cover up shoddy investigations” – D.Y. Chandrachud (Chief Justice of India since 9 …

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Tribal communities have a right to collect, use and sell bamboo: “The adivasi is not the enemy of the forests”

“Today, bamboo is liberated,” proclaimed Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh at a function here on Wednesday, where he handed over to Mendha’s community leader Devaji …

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Tribal education in the a heavily forested areas of Bastar: “The traditional ‘school’ was in the ghotul” – Chhattisgarh

Mrs Uma Ram, Professor & Head Department of English Government Kakatiya PG College, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh Bastar, a part of Dandakaranya inancient time, is both a district as also a division in …