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Books on tribal culture and related resources
Suggested reading with additional information on this website Irish Journal of Anthropology: Special issue on Adivasi identityRead or download the full issue | Learn more >> Tribal Arts in India: The National Inventory of Tribal Museums. Foreword by GN Devy (Project Director, Bhasha … Continue reading
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Learning from tribal communities: Ecology and health issues
For a natural balance A National Consultation on Wildlife Conservation and People’s Livelihood Rights stresses the need to work towards conservation projects that are equally sensitive to the needs of wildlife and local communities. […] The venue of the workshop … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi / Adibasi, Adverse inclusion, Biodiversity, Eco tourism, Ecology and environment, Ethnobotany and ethnomedicine, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology
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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
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eBook & eJournal | Learn more about tribal communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The ancient tribal communities that lived here in the Andaman Islands […] have lived and flourished here for at least 40,000 years., but the end could well be round the corner. […] It definitely began with the British and their … Continue reading →