India

 Kolam tribals in Maharashtra struggling to get their land back

Devrao Atram, a Kolam tribal from Maharashtra, got his land back two years ago. He had given 5 hectare (ha) on contract to a non-tribal banjara family 25 years ago. When he wanted to claim his land

Publication Date: 
14/09/2007
Aparna Pallavi
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Encroachments, Tribals, Conflicts, India, Maharashtra, Chandrapur (D)
India

 Orissa tribals struggle to regain cashew rights

"I have no choice but to leave my village in search of work. Otherwise, my family will starve,' says Samra Malik of Malikput village in Orissa's Koraput district. He, and several others landless like

Publication Date: 
14/08/2007
Ashutosh Mishra
Down to Earth
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Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Encroachments, Common Property Resources, Cashew Nut, Tribals, Women, Conflicts, Gram Sabhas, NGO, India, Orissa (Odisha), Koraput (D)
Land

 Take off

Cheap land driving industry in terai

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
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Land Encroachments, Land Acquisition, Agriculture, Industrial Pollution, Deforestation, Farmers, Industry, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Nainital (D), Udham Singh Nagar
Biodiversity

 Open floodgates

Will mere slum removals along Mithi stop Mumbai floods?

Publication Date: 
30/05/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
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Land Encroachments, Floods, Slum Demolition, Mumbai
India

 No give

Maharashtra villagers fight land acquisition for IT park

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
Anosh Malekar
Down to Earth
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Croplands, Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Land Encroachments, Maharashtra
Forests

 History of tribal dislocation in Gudalur

1805: Nilambur Kovilgam, a ruler of a Kerala province, annexes 40,500 ha of Gudalur 1845: Kovilagam's successors (jenmies) start leasing out land to plantation companies. They also employ

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
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Land Tenure, Land Encroachments, Plantation Crops, Forest Encroachments, Tribals, Supreme Court, High Court, Tamil Nadu
Land

 The beleaguered Act

Main provisions of the Janmom act

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
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Forests, Land Ownership, Land Tenure, Land Encroachments, Common Property Resources
India

 Nobody s children

A plantation economy, land grabbing and migrations from neighbouring states have forced Gudalur s tribals into destitution

Publication Date: 
29/04/2006
C Balaji
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Forests, Land Resources, Land Ownership, Land Reforms, Land Encroachments, Nilgiri, Shifting Cultivation, Plantation Crops, Forest Products, Tribals, Legislation, India, Tamil Nadu
Industry

 Eviction over coffee

Tribals will be rehabilitated, but how?

Publication Date: 
14/04/2006
C Balaji
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land Encroachments, Coffee, Tribals, Karnataka
Industry

 Committees flow

2005: High Level Committee: Appointed by Delhi High Court to monitor clean-up and remove encroachments, as directed by Supreme Court (SC) in March 2003

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Land Encroachments, Yamuna, Supreme Court, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Delhi

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