forest dwellers

NDA’s Draft Forest Law Is More Draconian Than What the British Left Us With

The Centre’s Exclusionist View of Conservation Is Increasingly Counterproductive

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Supreme Court Stays Its Controversial Tribal Eviction Order

How the FRA Is Being Cut Down to Size, and Tribals With It

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

Criminalising Forest-Dwellers Has Not Helped India’s Forests or Wildlife. It’s Time for a New Deal.

Forest Dwellers Are the Best Protectors of the Environment