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eBook | What is the Forest Rights Act about? Who is a forest dweller under this law, and who gets rights?
The Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (also known as the FRA) is a revolutionary tool in forest governance. It visualizes statutorily backed devolution of … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Assimilation, Colonial policies, Democracy, eBook & 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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Tip | “Forests Alive”: Educational and other books combining scientific knowledge and hereditary practices of the Soliga and other tribal communities worldwide
ATREE at Biligiri Rangaswamy Wildlife Sanctuary The process, while documenting and archiving a vast resource of places and stories, also provided a critical understanding of the ways Soligas interacted with the landscape. ATREE used formal cartographic instruments such as GIS-enabled devices, … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Forest Rights Act (FRA), History, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Resources, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Storytelling, Tips, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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On taking responsability for the environment: Kamal Bawa gets first Gunnerus award for sustainability – Karnataka
Dr. Bawa is most noted for, among other works, his pioneering research on population biology in rainforest areas. His wide span of work includes groundbreaking biological discoveries made in Central America and in the Western Ghats and the Himalayas in … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology and environment, Globalization, Nature and wildlife, Press snippets, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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Nomination of Dr Madegowda (Soliga): Participatory resource monitoring, implementation of the Forest Rights Act and welfare schemes – Karnataka
Learn more about tribal communities, biodiversity and wildlife related issues across Karnataka and the Western Ghats (e.g. search for “Karnataka Adivasi Abhivrudhi Mandali”, “Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve”, “man animal conflict Karnataka”, “Karnataka tribal welfare”, “Valmiki Scheduled Tribes”, “forest based … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Biodiversity, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Tiger, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
Tagged Eruliga, Gowdalu, Hasalaru, Jenu Kuruba, Kadu Kuruba, Koraga, Malekudiya, Soliga, Yararava
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