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In Tamil Nadu, Wildlife Protection Has Gone Too Far

C.R. Bijoy 07/04/2022

On March 17, 2022, the Madras high court banned...

Tendu leaves from the East Indian ebony tree are a commonly collected non-timber forest product in India. The leaves are wrapped around tobacco to make local Indian cigarettes. Credit: Subhodkiran via Wikimedia Commons.

India’s COVID Recovery Plan for Indigenous Groups Is Further Marginalising Them

Sushmita 04/05/2021

The assumption underlying compensatory afforestation is that the loss...

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In Photos | Warli Adivasis Recall Birsa Munda in Fight to Save Aarey

Sushmita 20/11/2019

“While Birsa Munda fought the British, we have to...

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Time to Hold Powerful Forestry Agencies and Conservation Actors to Account

Prakash Kashwan and Manasi Karthik 07/03/2019

The FRA's provisions for collective forest rights provide a...

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With Forest Rights Promises Broken, Who Will Telangana’s Tribals Support?

Uttam Sahoo 06/12/2018

Telangana has also performed poorly on improving the welfare...

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The Panchayats Meant to Protect Uttarakhand’s Forests Are Under Threat

Isha Naaz and Geetanjoy Sahu 19/07/2018

Dilution of powers and a lack of funds have...

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The ‘Other’ in the Forest Rights Act Has Been Ignored for Years

Asavari Raj Sharma 01/07/2018

Though non-tribal forest dwellers are recognised by the Act,...