Environment ministry reiterates its stance on FRA compliance in forest land diversion
MoEFCC letter sent two days before SC stayed its order on rejected FRA claims
Odisha ST/SC department raises alarm over FRA implementation
Only 4.76 per cent of the claims for forest land in Odisha have been disposed
Odisha food commission stresses on FRA to beat hunger
Panel chief writes to all collectors to implement Forest Rights Act properly
MP forest dwellers protest eviction, 4 hurt by police pellets
Allegation against state: Violation of Forest Rights Act
Fifty villages in Gadchiroli boycott polls, demanding forest rights
Separate Aheri district, basic facilities are other demands
Himachal villages claim community forest rights for the first time
Threatened by an eviction notice, villages come forward to claim their community rights
Odisha on FRA claims: No time to collect evidence, no hearing, just rejection
The state has rejected 10,000 claims
When forest officials help poachers hunt down protected animals
A government report has exposed Rajaji Tiger Reserve's most gory secret
Does the Supreme Court order mean eviction of forest dwellers right away?
Some reasons why the rejection of FRA does not amount to a claimant being an encroacher
Tribal affairs ministry’s report on FRA riddled with discrepancies
Area of forest land recognised reduced, more titles distributed than approved
A protest to demand rights over forests
Centre approves MSP for minor forest produce
Decision will not apply to bamboo and tendu
Village in Tadoba Andhari reserve wants forest titles, not relocation
Maharashtra government distributes Rs 25,000 cheques, claims relocation has resumed
Amended Forest Rights Act rules notified; more powers to gram sabha
Forest department’s role in managing forest resources curtailed
Village gets community rights over forest submerged by dam
A portion of reservoir given for management and fishing
Court upholds Soliga tribe’s community forest rights
Orders forest department to restore honey seized during raid
Concern over the government’s moves to dilute the requirement for Gram Sabha consent in violation of the Forest Right’s Act (FRA)
No mining by PSUs for trade in Scheduled Areas: tribal affairs minister
'Forest department is worst enemy of Forest Rights Act'
Two Andhra villages get bamboo rights
The gram panchayat can earn up to Rs 1 crore a year, says Jairam Ramesh
POSCO gets green signal
Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO
Global non-profits appeal to India to prevent forced evictions of forest dwellers
Such evictions would violate India's obligations on human rights and biodiversity, they said
MoTA’s job is FRA, not land diversion: DG Forest
Director General of Forest and Special Secretary at environment ministry says will take up matter with MoTA
Ahead of SC hearing on FRA, MoEF asks states to share “encroachment” data
Forest Survey of India requests for geo-referenced locations of encroachments, but many states ill-equipped to do so
MoTA raises objections to environment ministry’s FRA compliance circular
In the circular, the ministry had clarified that FRA compliance certificates would not be required in Stage I of the forest diversion process
Only 16 per cent of potential community forest rights granted in Kerala
Of the 779 community claims, including CFR, passed by the gram sabha, only 328 have been cleared by the District Level Committee, shows a report …