India

 Hope sets in

As government starts drafting land rights bill for tribals

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Ownership, Forest Villages, Tribals, Legislation, India
People

Orange areas: examining the origin and status

What happens when it is discovered that two departments of the government, namely the Forest Department and the Revenue Department,have committed grave errors in discharging their duties, especially when the error has led to the denial of certain sonstitutional rights to lakhs of people?

Publication Date: 
Jan 2005
Anil Garg
National Centre for Advocacy Studies
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Villages, People, Tribals, India, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Ray of hope for isolated Indians

Uncontacted Ayoreo Indians in Paraguay's forests, whose native land has been snatched away by landholding companies, may soon find a respite. A bill to forcibly expropriate the land from the

Publication Date: 
29/11/2004
Down to Earth
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Forest Villages, Paraguay, India
India

 OFFICIALLY BANKRUPT

June 30, 2004: The India Eco Development Project a project meant to enhance the country s biodiversity and provide people living inside and around protected areas such as national parks and reserves with sustainable livelihoods; a project once showcas

Publication Date: 
30/07/2004
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Ecology, Periyar, Forest Resources, Forest Villages, Development, National Parks, Buxa SA, Biodiversity, Research, NGO, India, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tribals
Environment

 Voters tactic

Orissa s forest groups want candidates to be answerable

Publication Date: 
14/05/2004
Satyasundar Barik
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Forest Villages, Legislation, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 PM, CM in title clash

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh are playing the blame game over the settlement of tribal communities claims to forestland

Publication Date: 
30/07/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Forest Villages, Tribals, Conflicts, India, Madhya Pradesh
Forests

 Power transfer

MFP management in TN tribals hands

Publication Date: 
30/07/2003
E Vijayalakshmi
Down to Earth
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Forest Villages, Minor Forest Produce, Tribals, NGO, Tamil Nadu
India

 Forest conservation is too complex an issue to be resolved by executive fiat

The condition of India’s forest and her forest dwellers is extremely grave. A fresh round of police attacks on tribal people

Publication Date: 
14/07/2003
Madhu Sarin
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Forests, Land Tenure, Agriculture, Forest Policy, Forest Conservation, Forest Villages, Tribals, Legislation, Supreme Court, NGO, India, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Orissa (Odisha)
India

 Madhya Pradesh sets JFM precedent

Two recent developments augur well for the forest dwellers of Madhya Pradesh. Firstly, under the Joint Forest Management plan, forest protection committees in villages will now receive all revenue collected from selling timber and bamboo. And secondly, th

Publication Date: 
14/05/2003
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Resources, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Forest Villages, Joint Forest Management (JFM), India, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Super Market

Secretive. Exploitative. Is the market in Minor Forest Produce unmanageable? sopan joshi finds out

Publication Date: 
27/02/2003
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Forest Villages, Forest Products, Minor Forest Produce, Tendu, Mahua, Trade, Tribals, Forest Labourers, Medicinal Plants, Finance, India, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Bastar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha)

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