The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Three members of the MoEF/MoTA Committee (Arupjyoti Saikia, Ravi Rebbapragada and Ashish Kothari) went to Jagatsinghpur as part of the MoEF/MoTA FRA Committee
Mahim Pratap Singh BHOPAL: Recently, Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai wrote to the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, expressing concern at alleged atrocities committed on tribals. While top officials of the Forest Department have rejected the
This paper considers the extent to which the Forest Rights Act 2006, potentially the most comprehensive institutional reform of forest rights in India since Independence, may ameliorate the high levels of chronic and acute poverty in forested areas of Andhra Pradesh.
The study attempts to locate the intersection between gender and tribe within the broader framework of land rights in forest areas. The lands demarcated for claims have been on women
This paper assesses the extent to which the Forest Rights Act 2006, the most significant institutional reform of rights in forested landscapes since Independence, is being implemented across West Bengal, and whether it is contributing to the alleviation of the chronic and acute poverty prevalent in these areas of the …
The Orissa government today halted the land acquisition process for the proposed Rs 51,000-crore steel plant near here, to be developed by Korean company Posco, after facing stiff opposition from villagers.
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has categorically stated settlement of claims under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 has to take place before any process of land acquisition can be initiated in Jagastsinghpura district of Orissa
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday constituted a four-member committee to ascertain the status of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and other rehabilitation measures taken before granting final approval for diversion of forest land for the establishment of the Integrated …
BHUBANESWAR: Shrugging off mounting opposition from the local people and objections from the Joint Committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is overseeing the implementation of the Forest Right Act (FRA), the Orissa government on Tuesday began the land acquisition process for the proposed Posco-India steel project in …
PARADIP: NOTWITHSTANDING protests from various quarters, the State Government started land acquisition today in Gadakujang panchayat for the proposed Rs 51,000-crore Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. Rohit Behera and Basant Behera of Bhuyianpal village were among the first to receive cheques for Rs 1.15 lakh each for their over …
G Rajasekaran | ENS Salem, July 25 FOREST RIGHTS ACT WHILE the poor and marginalised tribal community is yet to benefit out of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, thanks to procedural and legal hurdles, the hill and forest areas in Salem …
This study of the implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 in the Western Ghats of Kerala identifies the main constraints to the working of the legislation. Community rights and conservation provisions seem to be ignored. The paper also highlights the importance of integrating the implementation of the fra with …
The relationship between capital and nature gravitates towards a policy of primary accumulation. This article provides an analysis of the imposition of capitalist property rights over natural resources in India as processes of primary accumulation. These processes are evidenced by the construction of large dams and mines, in addition to …
THE Union environment and forests ministry is approving use of forestland for industrial and other infrastructure projects in violation of its own executive orders and provisions of the Forests Rights Act (FRA) of 2006. Scrutiny of project clearance processes undertaken by forest rights groups indicates the no rms are violated …
THOUGH three years have passed since the Forest Rights Act came into force, most villages in Maharashtra are still fighting for rights to manage their forests under the law. Over 100 villagers and activists from different districts of Maharashtra who gathered in Pune on June 12 said bureaucracy is obstructing …
New Delhi: A sharp division has surfaced in the Planning Commission over the proposed Rs 14,000 crore Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for 35 Naxal-affected districts. The comprehensive package is expected to focus on ensuring tribals
The notification of Mudumalai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu as a tiger reserve in 2007 has resulted in a contested politics between activists, non-governmental organisations and conservationists with regard to the future of protected area management. This paper presents an account of how these actors positioned themselves around not only the …
Priyadarshi Siddhanta Differences have surfaced within the Planning Commission on the proposed Rs 13,742 crore Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for 35 Naxalite-affected districts, with its key officials differing on its contours. So much so that Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has ordered a complete re-drafting of the IAP document, …
