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For How Long Will Van Gujjars Have To Seek Legal Remedies for Their Livelihood Practices?

Pranav Menon 29/05/2021

At Govind Pashu Vihar National Park in Uttarkashi, the...

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To Spend Less to Protect Biodiversity, Involve – Not Evict – Forest-Dwellers

Mayank Aggarwal 06/12/2020

A latest report has highlighted that over Rs 50...

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How American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Shaped Our Thoughts on Conservation

Prakash Kashwan 13/09/2020

American environmentalism’s racist roots have influenced global conservation practices....

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...

BR hills, Doyang reservoir, Adivasis, forest management, Forest Rights Act, fortress conservation, clientelism, Jenu Kuruba, protected areas, forest rights, bureaucracy, human-animal conflicts, human-wildlife conflicts, wildlife encroachment, Nagaland, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Bandipur National Park,

When We Speak of Human-Wildlife Conflicts, Who Are the Humans?

Nithila Baskaran, Shiv Ganesh and Kashika Sharma 25/04/2019

It would do all of us concerned about the...