Over 100 Odisha Gram Sabhas exercise forest rights, cut out middlemen to sell kendu leaves directly

Move helping villagers get better prices, ensuring on gap in collection of leaves from all areas and helping underprivileged tribes

The Forest Rights Act and self-help transformed this remote Odisha tribal village; here is how

Residents of Loyendia have regenerated forests and made a new dirt road within a decade of getting community forest resource rights

How the struggle for forest rights united a nagar panchayat & divided another in Chhattisgarh

Tumbahra & Churiyara became one of the 1st nagar panchayats to receive CFRR titles

New boundaries: How village limits are demarcated for community forest rights

Forest Rights Act recognises community forest resource rights over an area that is traditionally used by the local communities. This is …

New CFR guidelines: Experts say regulations can undo India’s progress on forest governance

Rules show governmental unwillingness to embrace tribal diversity and culture, they say   

After 40 years, Nayagarh villagers finally reap benefits of cashew plantation

So long the state government auctioned cashew but didn't share profits

One square meal: How this non-tribal forest-dweller family survives without FRA recognition in Odisha

Srikumar Khadi’s claim to his land in Odisha’s Sundergarh district is over a century old; but it still awaits recognition

Bengal forest department calls Gram Sabha ‘illegal’; files FIR against 11

Villagers from the Gram Sabha gathered near Bamini falls on the eve of Birsa Munda’s birthday 

Shelterless Kashmiri pastoralists denied benefits of Forest Rights Act

The migratory population is unable to repair their damaged huts as the government sits on claim forms   

Why this Maharashtra village is fighting for the long forgotten Gramdan Act?

In a society that is moving towards hyper-individualism, the community here takes a collective approach

Taking ownership: How forest-dwellers in Chhattisgarh, Odisha claimed rights over traditional boundary

The recent focus on CFRR under FRA marks a beginning of the second generation use of FRA.

Conservation as tool for assertion: How Banni pastoralists took matters in own hands

The Maldhari community of the area used various sections of forest rights act to regain livelihood options 

Web-GIS platform created in Chhattisgarh to resolve conflict while filing CFR claims

Creators admit shortcomings in the platform but say they are not final authority on land rights and boundaries

Odisha tribals allege illegal mining survey in community forest area, demand action by Centre

Government officials threatened and intimidated them, allege villagers

Odisha announces state forest rights scheme to benefit over 7 lakh households

‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana’ is aimed to effectively implement Forest Rights Act, 2006 in the state

Fight for forest rights: Why these Dhamtari Adivasis gave up over 100 acres of cropland to plant trees

Forest dwellers of Karipani and Budra villages were put through a trial by fire to prove they care about conservation

Can mahua seeds provide Adivasis a reliable livelihood? 

Mahua seed harvesting practices of the tribals are non-invasive & can promote conservation 

Odisha tribals await forest department nod to sell kendu leaf worth Rs 34 lakh

As many as 4,000 tribal farmers of Koraput district fear their produce will be wasted if not taken to the market on time

Forest rights in Jharkhand: Too early to rejoice

Forest rights recognised in Jharkhand for the first time in 2 years, but do not give management rights

Changes to Forest Conservation Rules dilute forest rights, say tribal communities

Consent from forest dwellers not mandatory for changing land use under new amendments; Activists demand withdrawal

Kalahandi Gram Sabhas write to NCST, invoke atrocities act against Jharkhand DFO

DFO illegally seized consignment of kendu leaves being transported from Odisha to West Bengal, federation of Gram Sabhas alleges

As told to Parliament (December 22, 2022): Around 60% of India prone to earthquakes

Around 11% of India falls in Zone V, which is the most seismically active