Figures, census & other statistics

“India is home to nearly 20 Cr. [200 million] traditional forest-dwelling Adivasis and OTFDs [other forest dwelling communities], who derive their subsistence and livelihoods from forest and forest resources over several generations and thousands of years.” – Research team (Sayantani Satpathi, Shambhavi Singh & Subhodeep Basu) in “Revisiting the Forest Rights Act: Status of Implementation with respect to Land Tenures and Collection of Minor Forest Produce” (Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation New Delhi, 12 July 2019)
https://www.academia.edu/41756309
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=10151

Causes for the tiger’s decline: Scientists point towards hunting by the British and by Indian and Mughal princes, agriculture and urbanisation

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Michael Parker, The Hindu, July 29, 2013 The tiger population has dropped precipitously from around 40,000 in 1850 to fewer than 2,000 today, and as their numbers and habitat have shrunk, so has their choice of mating partners. The findings will come as a blow to the Indian government, whose conservationists believe that several years of rising … Read more

Adivasi Co-ordination Group Germany

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Adivasi-Koordination in Deutschland (Adivasi Co-ordination Group Germany) was founded in 1993 – the United Nations’ International Year of the Indigenous Peoples. Since 2002 we are a registered society. Our aim is to contribute towards the protection of the human rights of the indigenous and tribal peoples of South Asia. The co-ordination meetings, which take place … Read more

Indigenous population assert their culture and land rights peacefully: The patience of first peoples – Argentina

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A bad place to be indigenous. But Argentina’s ‘original peoples’ are gathering momentum.A clash of dreamsIndigenous Argentinians, disrespected and ignored for too long, are forging new alliances in their quest to safeguard the natural world […]As I draw closer, I see the ramshackle collection of painted wooden structures around which people are gathering. This is Punta … Read more

Promoting multilingual education, teaching children their rights along with journalism skills: UNICEF – Chhattisgarh

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One of the youngest, most resource-rich and forested states of India, Chhattisgarh has a population of about 25 million, more than three-quarters of which live in rural and remote parts of the state. Many of them are tribal groups working in small farming communities, known for their ancient traditions and intricate handicrafts. However, it is … Read more

Call for providing children’s literature in Jharkhand’s endangered tribal languages: Sahitya Akademi’s seminar – Ranchi

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The Telegraph, Kolkata, November 28 , 2012 Eight languages spoken by tribals of Jharkhand are among the world’s endangered list of 1,763, including 171 in India, according to a Unesco report. In this context, Sahitya Akademi, which hosted a two-day seminar on “Survival of Indian languages in the face of various challenges”, pointed out problems … Read more