Forest Rights Act (FRA)

“[I]t is unimaginable to think of tribes as landless, as land and forest have been traditionally their life support system.” – Virginius Xaxa, excerpt from Being Adivasi (Gurugram: Penguin Books India, 2021)
https://scroll.in/article/1014436/being-adivasi-autonomous-existence-or-integration-nehru-had-proposed-a-third-way
https://worldcat.org/en/title/1290015863
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=27829

Gudalur’s Vidyodaya School and outreach programme: A success story with Adivasi history, culture and songs integrated into its curriculum – Tamil Nadu

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Deep within the Gudalur valley, bounded by the Mudumalai, Wyanad and Bandipur tiger reserves, the Viswa Bharati Vidyodaya Trust has developed a school which is attracting the neglected children of Adivasi tribes into primary education “What use is your education to us? It will only take away our children. Your schools talk about changing the … Read more

Conserving the forest, medicinal plants, woods and wildlife of Bastar: Customs that reflect religious sentiments while achieving more – Chhattisgarh

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Rashmi Drolia, TNN | Jun 4, 2014, | To read the full story, click here>> RAIPUR: For tribals residing around Boma hill in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in Bastar, it’s sin to climb or step up on this hill and doing so costs the offender Rs 500. In a unique style to conserve environment and pay respect to … Read more

Placing India’s tribal heritage in its historical and ecological perspective: Documentaries by filmmaker Sangita Datta – West Bengal & Sikkim

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Brief excerpts from documentaries relating to tribal heritage – Showreel 2013 00:49 “The language of the Mundas“: CIIL’s series on Bhasha Mandakani: Bangala – Central Institute of Indian Languages (Govt. of India)03:14 “Righting the Historical Wrong“: A Film on The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers [Forest Rights Act 2006] – University of Manchester;04:49 “The Paharias: An Endangered Tribe” – … Read more

“Absence of a concept of ownership”: Karkala Conference on tribal communities – Karnataka

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The Hindu, Karkala (Udupi District), April 18, 2010 Writer and former Vice-Chancellor of Hampi Kannada University Chandrashekhar Kambar said on Saturday that the Government should take help from sympathetic scholars belonging to tribal communities in understanding the needs and problems of tribal people. He was presiding over the inauguration of the two-day second tribal sammelan, … Read more

Documentary film “The Truth about Tigers” screened in tribal communities – Karnataka

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A film maker considers tribal communities’ rights

The Hindu, Bangalore, September 7, 2012

[…] The documentary, titled The Truth about Tigers was made in English.

It has since been translated to Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Kannada.

“It has been screened widely around the country, particularly in villages and tribal settlements in central India,” Mr. Dattatri said.

The conflict

The film focuses on the decline of the tiger population in India’s forests, the conflict between conservation and tribal communities’ rights, the issue of poaching and loose monitoring that has led to a steep decline in the numbers of tigers. […]

Multiple efforts

The 40-minute documentary educates viewers on conservation even as it delves on solutions, including a scientific approach to conservation, emphasis on citizen effort and building political will, and ensuring resettlement of tribal communities in tiger habitat.

The screening was attended by theatre personality Arundhati Nag, retired bureaucrat Chiranjeev Singh and conservationist Ullas Karanth. […]

Mr. Singh dwelt on the issue of poaching saying it was endemic not only in the country but also across the world. “People and policymakers at all levels should take it seriously.”

Source: Tiger documentary now in Kannada – The Hindu
Address : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/tiger-documentary-now-in-kannada/article3868554.ece
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A tiger reserve for Tamil Nadu

The Hindu, Erode, July 8, 2012

Tribal people living in the reserve forests will not be re-located when Sathyamangalam becomes a tiger reserve, Forest Minister K.T. Pachamal has promised.

Inspecting the development works being carried out in different parts of Sathyamangalam and Thalavadi blocks on Friday, the Minister said that the government had proposed to create a tiger reserve in Sathyamangalam forests as the population of the big cats in this part of the State was found healthy.

Responding to the apprehensions raised by the tribal people, political parties and various other organisations, the Minister said the government would not ask the tribal people to shift their residence if an exclusive protection zone was created for the tigers. The government, however, would provide all necessary assistance to those willing to re-locate from the forest areas.

Mr. Pachamal also assured them that the creation of tiger reserve would not affect the collection of minor forest produce. Forest dwellers could continue to collect forest produce and sell them. […]

Source: Tiger reserve in Sathy forests: tribal people not to be re-located – The Hindu
Address : http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/tiger-reserve-in-sathy-forests-tribal-people-not-to-be-relocated/article3615752.ece
Date Visited: Thu Oct 31 2013 20:17:58 GMT+0100 (CET)

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