Blame the forest management system

The Elephant Task Force

Publication Date: 
03/12/2010
Shankar Gopalakrishnan
Economic and Political Weekly
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Elephant, Wildlife Management, India, People - Animal Conflicts, Protected Area Conservation, Coexistence Strategies, Land Use, Forest Rights Act 2006, Land Act 1894, Land Acquisition, Naxalites
Wildlife

Gajah and Praja: Conservation, control and conflicts

The adivasi people living near the Orissa-Andhra Pradesh border face the challenge of having to live with elephants which, according to the Elephant Task Force, have been

Publication Date: 
03/12/2010
Sagari R Ramdas
Economic and Political Weekly
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Elephant, Wildlife Management, Wildlife, India, Lakhari Valley SA, People - Animal Conflicts, Displacement, Tribals, Orissa (Odisha), Andhra Pradesh, Migratory Species, Forest Rights Act 2006
Forests

The creation of West Bengals forest underclass: an historical institutional analysis of forest rights deprivations

This paper considers the relationship between the emergence and development of state forestry institutions in forested landscapes of West Bengal and the chronic and acute poverty of citizens living there. At least 13% of West Bengal

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
Oliver Springate-Baginski, Soumitra Ghosh, Ajit Banerjee
Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth
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Forest Rights Act 2006, West Bengal, Poverty, Forest Resources, Forest Villages, Sacred Groves, Forest Products, Land Acquisition, Forest Encroachments, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Afforestation, Forests
Wildlife

In the name of the tiger

The struggle to protect the rapidly vanishing tiger is getting murkier by the day. Up to 100,000 families are slated for displacement, ostensibly to secure India’s tiger habitats. Unfortunately, most of the relocation taking place violates the law and may end up creating more conflicts that cause the tiger’s decline.

Publication Date: 
30/11/2010
Ashish Kothari, Sreetama Gupta Bhaya
Down to Earth
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Benefit Sharing, Coexistence Strategies, Displacement, Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Kalpavriksh, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), People - Animal Conflicts, Relocation, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife
Environment

Env min panel red-lights Posco

New Delhi: After more than three weeks of dithering, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the environment ministry on Thursday signed on the minutes recommending temporary withdrawal of forest clearance to the Rs 54,000 crore Posco project in Orissa for violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA).

Publication Date: 
19/11/2010
Nitin SethI
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Orissa (Odisha), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Jagatsinghpur (D)
Dams/ Irrigation

Polavaram project in AP may run into trouble

THE Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh could well run into trouble over nonimplementation of the Forest Rights Act.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
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Andhra Pradesh, Polavaram, Irrigation, Gram Sabhas, Forest Rights Act 2006
Forests

Major battle over minor forest produce

Forest people across India are being denied their legitimate right to collect and trade in minor forest produce. Down To Earth correspondents travelled to Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, MP, AP, Maharashtra & Orrisa to unravel the conspiracy.

Publication Date: 
14/11/2010
Richard Mahapatra, Sumana Narayanan, Aparna Pallavi, Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
Down to Earth
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Minor Forest Produce, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Forest Trade, Naxalites, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha), Forest Act 1927, Forests, Forest Personnel
Forests

Enhancing livelihoods through minor forest products

A new paper by Dr N C Saxena on how to improve production, access, and incomes from MFPs for forest dwellers.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2010
N C Saxena
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Minor Forest Produce, Forests, India, Tribals, Gram Sabhas, Panchayats, Forest Rights Act 2006, Firewood, Charcoal, NGO, Bamboo
Environment

Decision on Posco delayed

With its forest panel still dithering over the minutes of a meeting held two weeks ago, and its experts on environmental clearances for ports requiring more time to study the issue, the Union Environment Ministry has managed to delay any decision on the fate of Posco's $12-billion steel project in Orissa for another ten days.

The South Korean giant presented its

Publication Date: 
10/11/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Orissa (Odisha), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Rights Act 2006
Forests

Recognition of forest rights and livelihoods of tribal communities: a study of Western Ghats region, Kerala state

This monograph by Dr Jyothis Sathyapalan and Dr Gopinath Reddy is an attempt to understand the implementation processes of the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Kerala. The study also tried to evaluate the scope and feasibility of taking up the implementation of community rights and conservation duties in an integrated manner with the Participatory Forest Management (PFM) programmes of the state.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2010
M Gopinath Reddy, Jyothis Sathyapalan
Centre for Economic and Social Studies
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Forest Rights Act 2006, Western Ghats, Kerala, Tribals, Forest Management, Common Property Resources, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Forests

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