Forests

Forest Rights Act: Goa gets a zero

Implementation of the

Publication Date: 
06/09/2010
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, Goa, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Maharashtra, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Forests
Wildlife

Conservation in Mudumalai: Another politics

In response to Daniel Taghioff and Ajit Menon

Publication Date: 
03/09/2010
Tarsh Thekaekara
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Mudumalai SA, Human Rights, Tiger Reserves, Tiger Conservation, Forests, Forest Rights Act 2006, Conflicts, Tribals, Wildlife And People, NGO, Migration, Wildlife
Mining

Vedanta battle is not over

Sankar Ray

A strict vigil should be kept on the fact-finding committee on Posco A pro-BJP political commentator vented his anger against environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh for a feat that drew the "gushing praise of international jholawalas"
THE report of the four-member committee headed by N C Saxena set up for investigation into the Orissa Mining Company

Publication Date: 
02/09/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Vedanta Aluminium, Mining, Forest Rights Act 2006, Environmentalists, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Mining

Vedanta verdict is peoples victory

When the Union ministry of environment and forests said

Publication Date: 
02/09/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Vedanta Aluminium, Forest Rights Act 2006, Mining, Tribals, Aluminium Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Dongria Kondh, Bauxite
Forests

Status report on implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006

An  updated status of state-wise implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 for the period ending 31st August, 2010. As per the information collected , more than 28.73 claims have been filed and more than 10.13 lakh titles have been distributed.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Ministry of Tribals Affairs
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Forests, Tribals, Land Ownership
Dams/ Irrigation

Another reason for applying Vedanta norm to Polavaram

Joe C Mathew / New Delhi September 01, 2010, 1:20 IST

A 15-year agreement between India and Britain that assures equitable treatment to cross-border investors from both countries may technically permit Vedanta to seek legal action against the central government if its investments in Orissa suffer for no fault of the British company.

Vedanta, which has invested about Rs 45,000 crore in variou

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Polavaram, Dams, Dams/ Irrigation, Orissa (Odisha), Andhra Pradesh, Compensation, Forest Rights Act 2006, Mining, Vedanta Aluminium, Bauxite
Mining

Its not end of the story for Vedanta in Orissa: Saxena

Nistula Hebbar

New Delhi: Vedanta could have another shot at the bauxite mining project in Orissa

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Vedanta Aluminium, Mining, Aluminium Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Forest Rights Act 2006, Bauxite, Industry
Forests

Community participation and forest policies in India - An overview

Community participation emerged as the defining principle of forest policies all over the world in the closing decades of the last century. In India, this came about after the Indian forest policies went through different stages from largely commercial-centric to a community-oriented approach.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Dinesh Pratap
Social Change
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3
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Tags:
Forest Policy, Public Participation, India, Forest Management, Forest Act 1988, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Forest Villages, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Forests
Forests

Summary report on implementation of the Forest Rights Act

This document is the final version of the

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
Council for Social Development
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Tribals, Forest Policy, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Community Forest Management (CFM), Gram Sabhas, Panchayats, Forests
Poverty

Impacting livelihoods through institutional innovations: income and food security from the Indian Forest Rights Act

This study analyses primary level household and village data collected from forested areas in three states in India for mapping the potential of The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 in addressing poverty alleviation and income generation needs of tribal and forest dwelling communities.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2010
Purnamita Dasgupta
Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth
Tags:
Food Security, Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Poverty, Forest Resources, Tribals, West Bengal, Orissa (Odisha), Andhra Pradesh

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