BHUBANESWAR: The Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD), an organisation fighting for the rights of the tribals and other traditional forest dwellers (OTFDs), on Sunday announced a statewide agitation to pressure the State Government into implementing the Forest Rights Act (FRA) in a

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, is a key piece of forest legislation passed in India on December 18, 2006. It has also been called the "Forest Rights Act", the "Tribal Rights Act".

THE tribal affairs ministry appears to be all set to resist dealing with the issue of implementation of the Forest Rights Act in the Posco project area in Orissa.

Fourteen years after the Supreme Court introduced a licence-permit raj in all activities crossing the path of forests and wildlife, Chief Justice of India did a rethink on Friday on whether it exceeded its brief by usurping executive power.

Being of the view that it was time to let go the decision to test the viability of development and mining projects on the touchstone of forest and wildlife

Thiruvananthapuram: The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) and the Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilaly Federation (KSMTF) are embarking on an agitation against the Centre's draft notification on the Coastal Regulation Zone 2010.

In a memorandum submitted to the President, Prime Minister, UPA chairperson and the Minister for Environment and Forests, the organisations pointed out that the draft no

A chainsaw buzzes, branches snap, and an Amazon tree crashes to the ground. It could be just another of the thousands of trees felled each year in Brazil

Kokrajhar, Oct. 6: For Kesab Basumatary and Jwngsar Basumatary, students of Bashbari High School, it is not just another rally they are participating in.