Scheduled Tribes under the banner of newly-formed Mull Goencharanchi Songhottna has called for a stop to the acquisition of tribal land and demanded implementation of Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act (PESA) in Goa to protect the rights of the scheduled tribes in all sectors.

The Goa Forest Department today said that D Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and the adjoining mangrove areas at Chorao have been declared as critical Wildlife Habitat for the purpose of scheduled tribe and other traditional forest dwellers Act, 2006.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government has speeded up measures to provide all landless tribal families in the state with land, Power and SC/ST Affairs Minister A.K.Balan said on Sunday.

ITANAGAR, Jan 13: The Itanagar Permanent Bench of the Gauhati High Court has questioned the silence of the State Forest Department during the hearing of a writ petition (civil) filed by Vijoy Tachang against grant of Land Possessing Certificate (LPC) for more than 50 hectares of land to one particular individual in Seijosa area of East Kameng district.

BHUBANESWAR: As the State Government and Posco officials contemplate land acquisition following forest clearance given by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the latter has made it clear that the project can go ahead only after meeting forest-dwellers rights.

Mahim Pratap Singh

Dindori (M.P.): Community claims under the forest rights Act in this predominantly tribal district, as in rest of the State, are a cause for concern as precious community-owned resources are at stake for the tribals of Dindori.

-Fringe dwellers cite act for control of green patch

Alipurduar, Jan. 6: More than 500 forest villagers

LUCKNOW: Even as the state government has made it clear that it will give ownership titles to tribals and forest workers of the land tilled by them since long as per the Forest Rights Act 2006, forest officers reportedly gave an ultimatum to Dalits families of Kewal village to vacate the land by December 31.