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Unbent Indian Government Trying To Amend the Indian Forest Act 1927 Again

Mayank Aggarwal 21/04/2021

The Subramanian committee report in November 2014 to amend...

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Lessons for Sustainability: Indigenous People and Forests Go Hand in Hand

Samita Vasudevan and Kunal Sharma 25/04/2020

The Baiga have many lessons for the industrial world.

Forest Rights Act 2006, Adivasi, traditional forest dwellers, Supreme Court of India, forest produce, non-timber forest produce, first people, Jenu Kuruba, Soliga, tiger reserves, fortress conservation,

Forest Rights Act: Schoolchildren Understand Coexistence, Why Can’t SC?

Nithila Baskaran, Shiv Ganesh and Kashika Sharma 23/07/2019

On the eve of a Supreme Court hearing on a...

National Commission of Scheduled Tribes, Indian Forest Service, agonism, conservation, forest ecosystem, National Forest Policy 2018, Forest Conservation Act, Wildlife Protection Act, National Forest Policy, forest-dependent communities, hegemony, subaltern, forest produce, tribals, tribal welfare,

Why It’s Bad News That the NCST Wants to Rename the Indian Forest Service

Tanay Gandhi 19/11/2018

The key issue here is the different meanings of...

Mahua (left) and a variety of medicinal rice. Credit (both): Pankaj Oudhia/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

India Has Recognised Forest Rights but Intervention Is Still Necessary

Geetanjoy Sahu and Asavari Raj Sharma 01/05/2018

There is an opportunity to shape the Forest Rights...