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“Tribal communities have proven that they are the best guardians of the forest and die-hard conservationists”: Illegal mining destroys the life and culture of the conservators of forests
The forest department’s move to aggressively promote commercial plantation activities on community forest land in the name of compensatory afforestation is usurping the forest rights of the tribal communities. […] The impact of CAMPA among the particularly vulnerable tribal groups … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Community facilities, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Health and nutrition, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG), Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Women
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Legal rights over forest land: Tribals no longer “encroachers” or “illegal occupants” – Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
As a New Year gift, the UPA Government notified the long-stalled Forest Rights Act, which gives tribals legal rights over forest land. The notification of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, (popularly … Continue reading
Posted in Bees and honey, Colonial policies, Democracy, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Nature and wildlife, Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Tribal culture worldwide
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Tribes are the conservators of forests – National seminar on International Day of World’s Indigenous People in Mysore
Deccan Herald, Sunday 8 April 2012 – Mysore Illegal mining in forests is destroying the life and culture of schedule tribes, opined Dr H Sudarshan, director of Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra. He was speaking at national seminar on ‘Tribes and Analogous People … Continue reading
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“India is home to three of the world “biodiversity hotspots”: The Hyderabad biodiversity pledge in perspective
Efforts towards conserving the country’s biodiversity are hobbled by the frightening insistence that development cannot be held up Who knew the term biodiversity 20 years ago? Hardly anyone. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was opened for signature at the … Continue reading →