FRA

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How New Forest Diversion Rules Deal a Body Blow to the Forest Rights Act

C.R. Bijoy 11/07/2022

The new 2022 Forest Conservation Rules seek to override...

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15 Years of FRA: What Trends in Forest Rights Claims and Recognition Tell Us

Lekshmi M., Anup Kumar Samal and Geetanjoy Sahu 22/12/2021

Only 14.75% of the minimum potential forest areas for...

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The FRA Can’t Be Implemented Soon Enough in J&K and Ladakh

Tarushi Aswani 24/02/2020

The FRA was the product of a protracted struggle...

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As FRA Implementation Hangs Fire, J&K’s Nomadic Tribes Live in Uncertainty

Mudasir Ahmad 22/01/2020

J&K should have come under the purview of the...

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The Centre’s Exclusionist View of Conservation Is Increasingly Counterproductive

Madhu Ramnath 24/06/2019

A series of decisions uncovers the facade that is...

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How Justice for Tribals is Hope for the Environment

Bharat Dogra 19/03/2019

It is possible to integrate the objectives of protecting...

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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...