Forest Rights

For Mawasi tribe in MP's Satna, limited access to forests results in livelihood loss and a generation forsaking tribal knowledge

Mawasi tribal villages in Madhya Pradesh's Satna face uncertain future as limitations on access to forests pushes the once self-sufficient Scheduled Tribe towards migration and scarcity of food

Neither Jammu, nor Kashmir: Bakarwals who’ve come into focus after the Kathua rape case need to be given citizenship

The Kathua rape case has left the Bakkarwals stunned. Their way is to evade and move on. But how do they negotiate this present time without entering the quagmire of the ‘civilised settled’?

How democracy has failed India’s adivasis

The process of injustice that began with the imperial forest department intensified under our forest departments. Forest laws dispossessed the adivasis from their habitats.

Uttar Pradesh's forest farmers await official recognition, govt benefits even after 72 years of Independence

The government's failure to recognise forest farmers from four villages in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district — Bhawanipur, Bichiya, Tediya, Dhakiya — has forced them to live without dignity for decades

SC stays 13 Feb order directing eviction of 11.8 lakh forest dwellers; asks state govts for reasons behind rejecting land claims

The Supreme Court stayed its 13 February order directing 21 states to evict 11.8 lakh illegal forest dwellers whose claims over the land have been rejected

Over 20,000 Maharashtra farmers begin protest march from Thane to Mumbai; demands include drought compensation, loan waiver

The farmers protest is being led by the Lok Sangharsh Morcha (LSM). Swaraj Abhiyan chief and former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav and conservationist Dr Rajendra Singh will also be at the forefront of the protests

Chandrababu Naidu's haste over 'flawed' Polavaram dam a concern; project violates forest rights act, say experts

Instead of addressing 'injustice’ done to tribals, the Chandrababu Naidu govt of Andhra Pradesh is extending it by ignoring procedures and rules in the construction of the Polavaram dam on Godavari river