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 …
A new study finds the world’s tropical forests may no longer be carbon sinks, with a net loss of 425 million tons of carbon from 2003 to 2014. Also, 1.1 billion metric tons of carbon is emitted globally from forested areas and land use annually — 4.4 billion metric tons …
A green-and-red flag flies over a cluster of bamboo and tarpaulin tents on the frontline of an increasingly deadly struggle for land and the environment in Colombia’s Cauca Valley. It is the banner for what indigenous activists are calling the “liberation of Mother Earth”, a movement to reclaim ancestral land …
Tackling undernutrition is a global priority. It is the single largest risk factor influencing the burden of disease estimates at the global level. The Annapurna Project was undertaken by Government of Maharashtra to provide nutritious meals to Ashram/residential tribal school students through a centralized kitchen for achieving optimal growth and …
When leopards are found in human-dominated landscapes, conflicts may arise due to attacks on people or livestock loss or when people retaliate following real and perceived threats. In the plantation landscape of the Valparai plateau, we studied incidents of injury and loss of life of people and livestock over time …
The household is a potentially important but understudied unit of analysis and intervention in chronic disease research. We sought to estimate the association between living with someone with a chronic condition and one’s own chronic condition status. Original Source
Endangered indigenous tribes are increasingly facing threats from miners in the Amazon rainforest amid budget cuts to the Brazilian government agency responsible for protecting them, local officials and activists say. A federal prosecutor in Brazil's Amazonas state has launched an investigation into a reported massacre of at least 10 members …
On 23 August it emerged that the president of Brazil, Michel Temer, had issued a decree abolishing the protected status of an immense area of the Amazon forest. The area is in the north of the country, beyond the Amazon river, going up to the frontiers with French Guiana and …
MANILA (Reuters) - Around 300 protesters clashed with security on Wednesday at a Manila hotel where an annual mining conference was being held, demanding that mineral extraction be halted due to the environmental destruction caused. The rally comes a day after President Rodrigo Duterte declared he’s supporting a ban on …
Last weekend, a tribunal held by indigenous communities in Gualaquiza, in the Amazon headwaters region of Ecuador, accused the nation’s first large scale mining operation of major human and environmental abuses. The Mirador and Panantza-San Carlos open-pit copper mines are run by Ecuacorriente S.A. (ECSA) and owned by the Chinese …
SALCEDO, Ecuador – The southeastern wedge of Ecuador’s Cotopaxi province is filled with rich agricultural land. It sprawls in small divided plots of greens and ambers across the region’s hills, ravines, and mountainsides. But the indigenous farmers that call this area home are facing perennial water shortages that are crippling …
This exercise to continue for the next 5 days.a Hyderabad: Union environmental ministry and Central Pollution Control Board officials started a five-day assessment programme on Tues-day, on the impact of the gigantic Kaleswaram Project on the environment. The mammoth project will be taken up in 15 districts of the Telangana …
In a victory for Brazil’s indigenous groups, the Supreme Court Wednesday decided against the claims of Mato Grosso state, which wanted compensation for Indian reserves established in that state by the federal government. Mato Grosso argued that the land on which the reserves were established belonged to the state, but …
More than 100 Maasai huts in Tanzania have been allegedly burned down by game reserve authorities near the Serengeti National Park. Hundreds of people have reportedly been left homeless by the evacuation of local pastoral communities. One young Maasai is said to have been shot and critically injured. It is …
Land rights activist Bill Kayong was shot dead last year in Miri, Sarawak. Representatives of a palm oil plantation company were charged with his murder, but were later acquitted. Their acquittal was denounced by many observers, who see it as yet another blow against indigenous communities in the fight for …
Women from historically marginalized indigenous communities in Kenya have embraced an innovative savings scheme that has enabled them to break the yoke of poverty worsened by retrogressive cultural practices and illiteracy. Emily Kirui, a single mother of one from the Ogiek community that resides in dense forests in the Rift …
Distance from hamlets to PHCs cited as main reason India has been recognised as having the highest snakebite mortality in the world. Most of the fatalities, are due to victims not reaching the hospital in time, and are preventable. Of late poisonous snakes are creating a scare at various areas …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Common Cause Vs Union of India & Others dated 02/08/2017 regarding illegal mining in Keonjhar, Sundargarh and other Districts of Orissa. Supreme Court directs the Union of India to have a "fresh look at the National Mineral Policy, 2008 …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tribal Population, 17/07/2017. As per Census 2011, total Scheduled Tribe (ST) population in the country is 10.45 crore. Details of ST population, tribe-wise and State / UT wise,including Uttar Pradesh,and percentage of ST population to the total population in each State / UT are …
Global Witness, an international organization whose aim is to expose links between the demand for natural resources, corruption, armed conflict and environmental destruction, released a report that showed that environment and land rights activists faced heightened risk - there were, across the world, at least 200 activists killed in 2016 …
Lifestyle diseases such as hypertension and diabetes are no longer just urban phenomena. Mumbai: Lifestyle diseases such as hypertension and diabetes are no longer just urban phenomena. Researchers have discovered that these diseases are now prevalent even in tribal communities, despite prevalence of low-fat vegetarian diets, high levels of vigorous …
