The implementation of the Forest Rights Act has largely overlooked claims for community forest rights and is fraught with exclusionary practices due to misconceptions about its applicability, according
In ten forest hotspot countries across Africa and South Asia, the IIED-steered Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG) has been working since 2003 on ways to shift power over forests towards those who
<p> This draft Bill seeks to balance the need for facilitating land acquisition for various public purposes including infrastructure development, industrialisation and urbanisation, while at the same
<p><span id="itro1">Read B K Chaturvedi committee report on the tussle regarding the ‘no-go’ issue in mining. It recommends diluting environmental regulations to fasten growth of the coal sector
CUTTACK: Posco India Ltd has told the Orissa High Court that no illegalities were committed either by the Centre or Orissa in giving forest clearance and diverting forest land for the South Korean company. Senior advocate Sanjit Mohanty arguing during adjudication of a batch of PILs challenging land acquisition and grant of forest clearance for the steel project in the Court of Chief Justice V
The environment ministry made a specious argument before the Cuttack bench of Orissa high court, defending its decision to clear Posco without verifying if the Forest Rights Act had been violated or not in diverting forest land to the Rs 54,000 crore integrated steel plant. It said the law
Over the last one year, villagers of Ghati in Gadchiroli have kept timber out of the forest department
<p>This brief presents some preliminary results of a legal analysis conducted by RRI to provide a fuller picture of Indigenous Peoples and community forest tenure rights globally. This analysis unpacks the collective rights to forestland and forest resources held by communities and codified in law.
Section 38V of Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 provides that Tiger Reserve should be inviolate. 643 sq km area of Nagarhole National Park is declared as core critical tiger habitat, prior to the promulgation
<p>The (Draft) Guidelines for Ecotourism in and around Protected Areas were issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on June 2, 2011 and comments invited by June 30, 2011.
With a growing betel vine sector as well as thriving paddy cultivation and fishing, it is no wonder that villagers in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district have resisted the state government’s forceful acquisition
