Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Sugra Adiwasi & Others Vs Pathranand & Others dated 29/04/2025. The bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed the state of Madhya Pradesh as well as the central government through the the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T. N. Godavarman Thirumulkpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/12/1996 regarding the true scope of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and the meaning of the word "forest" used therein.
native rights are about to get tossed around with the new conservative federal government in Australia bringing in a set of proposed legislative amendments. Effectively, the amendments to the three-year-old Native Title Act would mean that in cases of disputes between aboriginal native title claimants and companies, the government can …
the World Bank's ( wb ) attempts to sneak in funds for the potentially ruinous ecodevelopment projects in seven national parks in the country has finally been exposed. The Bank officials and those from the Global Environmental Facility had no answers to one honest challenge from the people who have …
To most Indians, turmeric or haldi is a part of growing up, a magic cure-all for the excesses of childhood. A classic "grandmother's remedy", the virulent yellow powder or paste has been applied to the scrapes and cuts of generations of children. But in the US, two scientists were granted …
Tribal representatives from different parts of the country staged a dharna (sit in demonstration), in New Delhi on September 2, 1996, demanding the implementation of the Bhuria Committee's recommendations. The Bhuria Committee submitted its report in January, 1995, and recommended that the tribal community control its natural resources like forests, …
Land ownership rights continue to torment the many Indian tribes living in this country. Estranged from their own land and forced to adopt alien customs, distressed Brazilian Indians have turned to committing suicide. Over the last 10 years, some 200 Kaiowa Indians, a sub-group of Guarani Indians, have killed themselves …
in what may turn out to be a case of substantial significance, the Supreme Court (sc) has dismissed a special leave petition filed by the chief conservator of forests (ccf), Gujarat. The petition had sought to review an order passed by the industrial tribunal in Ahmedabad, to provide permanent employment …
The second anniversary of the International Day of Indigenous People was celebrated on August 9 this year. In his address, the UN secretary general Boutros-Boutros Ghali stressed the need for increasing support to the world's indigenous community and rightfully redress its grievances. "It is right that we recognise injustice and …
Sri Lankan tribals fearing extinction of their tribe have appealed to the United Nations (UN) to save them. People belonging to the Wannyala-Atto, or forest people, lived for years in the jungles but had to disappear when the forests were declared as conservative areas in 1993. They have been forced …
tribals residing in the Nagarhole National Park in Mysore, Karnataka, are up in arms against the proposed eco-development project which is being funded by the World Bank (wb). They contend that the project will displace them and deprive them of their economic and cultural rights. The wb is aiding the …
How strong is the adivasi community in Wayanad? Wayanad's adivasi population is the biggest in Kerala. Out of the 3.2 lakh adivasis in the state, Wayanad has about 1.3 lakh. We constitute 20 per cent of Wayanad's population. Why is it that your people have been marginalised in their own …
at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (iwc) held in Aberdeen recently, the us was forced to eat humble pie. Its suggestion that the Makah tribe of Washington state be allowed to catch five grey whales in the coming year, met with a decisive veto. Under iwc rules, …
to the tribals of India, February 25, 1996, had seemed like a red-letter day. On that day, S S Ahluwalia, the minister of state for urban development in the erstwhile Congress government, had formally announced that the Centre was at last ready to pay heed to the Bhuria Committee Report, …
Since the colonial era, resources from tropical forests and woodlands have been indiscriminately appropriated by Northern agricultural systems and then by multinationals. The Convention on Biological Diversity (cbd), for the first time, recognised
Mobil, the oil company, may be putting at risk the lives of hundreds of Amazonian tribespeople with the massive search for oil it is about to launch in Peru's southern rainforests. The company plans to survey nearly 15,000 sq km for the purpose. The Copenhagen- based International Work Group for …
"WE SHALL overcome" sing the children of Chamtagora village in Bankura district at six in the morning. It may be an unlikely song to hear in a remote tribal hamlet but their choral prelude heralds each day. Chamtagora in Bankura district has become a haven for many tribal children whose …
ABO Tanithe first humanthe father of us allreceivedthree gifts from the goddess Anedone - pinea cabbage-likevegetable called gyia hama and bamboo. At firstAboTani could not find ihe tiny seeds of bamboo hidden in thegroundtill another friendly goddessAyarm Yarm Bunyiopened his eyes." Squatting by the hearth of his quaint bamboo huteldertribesperson …
Riots erupted recently in the towns surrounding the American-owned Freeport McMoRan copper and gold mine in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. An estimated 6,000 tribals attacked Freeport's offices in three towns. The episode followed soon after the company announced its plans to expand the mine. Freeport has long been the target of …
