Forests

Geo-informatics for Forest Rights

The Government of India enacted The Forest Rights Act, 2006
(Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers -
Recognition of Forest Rights – Act) to give forest dwelling
scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers the
opportunity to claim individual as well as community forest rights of

Publication Date: 
01/11/2010
OneWorld Foundation India
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, Maharashtra, Remote Sensing, India, Tribals, Forests
Governance And Institutions

Mobilisation immobilised

Down to Earth reports from Naxalite-affected districts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and expresses concern over an unwelcome change creeping into the programmes and policies of NGOs and other civil society groups working in the region. Finds that squeezed between the naxalites and the police, NGOs are abandoning community mobilisation.

Publication Date: 
31/10/2010
Richard Mahapatra
Down to Earth
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Chhattisgarh, Forest Rights Act 2006, Gram Sabhas, India, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Naxalites, NGO, Orissa (Odisha), Peace, Rural Development, Governance And Institutions
Mining

Reversing a trend

Despite the laws of the land, Vedanta Resources, the trans

Publication Date: 
29/10/2010
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Mining, POSCO, Vedanta Aluminium, India, Development, People, Orissa (Odisha), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Act 1980, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals
Mining

Vedanta hymn: The scions political gambit

Rahul Gandhi claimed that he will represent the tribal people in Delhi

Publication Date: 
29/10/2010
Suhit K Sen
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Mining, Vedanta Aluminium, Development, Tribals, Orissa (Odisha), Dongria Kondh, Political Parties, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Displacement, Forest Rights Act 2006, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand
Mining

Expert committee reports on POSCO proposal for Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa

 Reports of the expert committee constituted by Minsitry of Environment and Forests to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa. This includes report by Meena Gupta, the Chair of the Committee and a separate report by three other members of the committee - Urmila Pingle, Devendar Pandey, V. Suresh.

Publication Date: 
22/10/2010
Meena Gupta, Urmila Pingle, Devendra Pandey, V. Suresh
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Forest Rights Act 2006, Iron And Steel Industry, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa (Odisha), Ports, POSCO, Rehabilitation, Mining
Mining

Report of the committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa: executive summary

This is the executive summary of report of the committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa.

Publication Date: 
18/10/2010
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
POSCO, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa (Odisha), Mining, Iron And Steel Industry, Ports, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Forest Rights Act 2006, Rehabilitation
Mining

Majority report of the committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa

Majority report of the committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa.

Publication Date: 
17/10/2010
Urmila Pingle, Devendra Pandey, V. Suresh
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Forest Rights Act 2006, Iron And Steel Industry, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa (Odisha), Ports, POSCO, Rehabilitation, Mining
Industry

Posco panel to submit report on Monday

Prafulla Das

BHUBANESWAR: The Meena Gupta Committee is to submit its report on Monday to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on the Posco steel project, according to the sources in the Ministry.

While the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti activists are hopeful that the committee would give an adverse report on the venture, those in the State government and the company expect the repor

Publication Date: 
15/10/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
POSCO, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Iron And Steel Industry, Land Acquisition, Jagatsinghpur (D), Displacement, Forest Rights Act 2006
Forests

Scheduled areas need a fresh legal perspective

The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act of 2006 offer a great opportunity to provide equitable governance in tribal-dominated backward areas.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2010
Sanjay Upadhyay
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Panchayats, Legislation, Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Tribals, Forest Products, Forest Resources, Conflicts, Governance, Forests
Mining

Deo: Only tribals have mining rights

Oct. 6: Stating that only tribals had mining rights in Agency areas, the Araku MP, Mr V. Kishore Chandra Deo, observed that no body else had the right to enjoy this particular gift of nature.

Publication Date: 
07/10/2010
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Mining, Tribals, Forest Rights Act 2006, Minor Forest Produce, Granite, Andhra Pradesh

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