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Five Takeaways in the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Contested Eviction Order

Neha Sinha 28/02/2019

The FRA case is interesting – and relevant –...

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

Rajshree Chandra 23/02/2019

It is scandalous that the fate of a million...

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SC Seeks Report on Action Taken Against Tribals Who Lost Claim to Forests

Nitin Sethi 15/02/2019

State governments would have to undertake mass evictions if...

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...

Santhal women carrying firewood in the buffer area of Simlipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha. Credit: Eleonora Fanari

To Respect Human Rights, the Government Should Strategise to Coexist First, Not to Evict

Neema Pathak-Broome and Eleonora Fanari 12/03/2018

Helping gram sabhas recognise their rights and discharge their...

A scene from the film Newton. Credit: Eros

The ‘Newton’ Character That Missed Our Reviews – the Forest

Neha Sinha 25/10/2017

If the jungles of Dandakaranya are seen as a...

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Interview: Prafulla Samantara, Winner of the 2017 ‘Green Nobel’

Sapna Gopal 07/05/2017

"The mindless mining and burning of fossil fuels through...