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All Stories for Forest Rights Act
Centre's farm laws, non-execution of Forest Rights Act insidiously linked, say Maharashtra's Adivasi farmers at Azad Maidan
Natashatrivedi • 4 years agoAlong with roadblocks caused due to lack of ownership of land, Adivasi farmers in Maharashtra also faced massive losses of crop due to excessive rains and floods in 2019 and 2020, for which they are yet to receive compensation
2020, year of the pandemic: How COVID-19 lockdown in Tamil Nadu washed out this farmer's yearly harvest
Greeshma Kuthar • 4 years agoFor Vijayakumari and her husband Sahadevan, every year is a struggle to survive, but the challenges this year were new
Maharashtra polls: Yavatmal's Adivasi farmers 'prepared to fight' as govt's promise to fix land rights issue falls flat
Natashatrivedi • 5 years agoAround 30,000 farmers from various parts of the state, including Yavatmal in Vidarbha, covered a distance of 180 kilometres from Nashik to Mumbai on foot, with the aim to gherao the Legislative Assembly building and press their demand for the full implementation of FRA, and also of the loan waiver the government had promised in 2017
Haritha Haram and forest rights: How a scheme to increase green cover has upended the lives of Telangana's tribals
Jahnavi Uppuleti • 4 years agoFor 11 days, the Koya Adivasis of Telangana's Satyanarayanapuram village camped on their lands, for fear of being rendered landless. They were finally evicted by officials, citing a lack of documents to prove ownership.
Uttar Pradesh's Tharu Adivasi women resist systemic usurpation of their forest land, rights by local authorities
Aditi Pinto • 5 years agoThe Tharu women’s front continues to ensure forest protection and management, besides standing up to repeated assaults on the community by the local police and forest departments.
Maharashtra polls: Villages in Chandrapur say will hold BJP 'accountable' in 21 Oct elections as NTFP-based self-employment takes hit
Natashatrivedi • 5 years agoThe mismanagement of the case by the forest department has cost at least 50 families in both the villages their primary livelihood, and voters have resolved to hold the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP-Shiv Sena combine government of Maharashtra 'accountable' in the election.
Maharashtra polls: Madia tribals in Gadchiroli disillusioned by non-implementation of forest rights, intimidation by cops
Natashatrivedi • 5 years agoMost voters in the Bhamragarh taluka of Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district couldn't care less about the upcoming Assembly election
Maharashtra Election 2019: Self-help groups in Gadchiroli unite to fight systemic discrimination against women
Natashatrivedi • 5 years agoThe Mahila Parisar Sangha, comprising women from the Gond and Kanwar tribes, is 37 SHGs-strong, spread across 19 villages in both the talukas. Initially, the collective was formed to overcome roadblocks SHG members faced in dealing with bank protocol, but it has become a platform to empower women to claim their rights.
Adivasis and the Indian State: Coffee plantations and reserved forests in Karnataka have stripped Jenu Kurubas of land, forest rights
Greeshma Kuthar And Natesh Ullal • 5 years agoJenu Kurubas were listed as a primitive tribe by the state government. Now, they are listed as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG).
Sikkim rail project: Amid protests, environmentalists warn of disaster waiting to happen
Mongabay India • 6 years agoEnvironmentalists claim that the Sikkim rail project could invite natural disasters as the stretch falls in an earthquake hazard zone. Instead, the railways point to increased employment and income generation through tourism.