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
Plans for Andhra's scheduled castes, tribes remain on paper
No vision, no planning, no adequate allocation and utilisation of funds, says Cabinet panel report still under wraps
Classification under SC, ST categories: Recognition needs to go beyond govern-analytics
Bill extending ST status to several communities raises questions regarding the category and its applicability in contemporary times
No mermaid fairytale
A scientific conservation programme notwithstanding, the dugong remains in peril
Bamboo a minor forest produce: Ramesh
Forest departments had been refusing the control over bamboo by forest dwellers
Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply
Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it
Rise in atrocities against forest-dwellers during COVID-19 crisis, flags report
Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs should create a COVID-19 response cell to monitor issues and provide support, it said
Forests protected by indigenous communities may get recognition under CBD
Around 370 million ha of forests across the world are conserved by communities with little support from governments
Uttarakhand Van Gujjars allege forest officials assaulted women; probe underway
Rajaji National Park area villagers allege they tried to lodge two FIRs, but police did not register them
Forest depts as nodal agency for community forest resources: A political blunder
The Chhattisgarh government issued an order on May 31, making the state forest department the nodal agency for Community Forest Resource Rights
Kerala tribals stand and protest for land
Demand the state government to fulfill its 2001 promise to give land to tribals
Kawal sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh declared tiger reserve
State government claims rights of the forest communities will be protected
Child sex ratio worsening faster among STs: census report
Data also shows higher marginationalisation of the country's Scheduled Tribes
Seshachalam firing: ST commission seeks report from Andhra Pradesh
A team from the commission will visit the spot to ascertain facts
News 360°- Briefs
The International Year of Millets is an opportunity to improve indigenous kids’ nutrition
About 4.7 million tribal children in the country suffer from chronic nutrition deprivation
Hunger games – it’s the real India show
How COVID-19 made forest rights battle tougher for Tharu women
The Adivasi women of Lakhimpur Khiri in eastern UP show resilience
Odisha pays scant heed to tribal ministry's directions on mining for Vedanta
State invites forest rights claims from only a dozen villages on Niyamgiri hill slope
Victims of development
Schemes launched by the government in Attappady have reduced the area’s tribals to wage labourers and has disempowered them
'Most countries don’t want to recognise indigenous people as people'
Mohammed Taghi Farvar, former director of Avicenna University in Iran, is a well-known ecologist and social scientist. At present, he is the …
MoEF panel favours bauxite mining in Vizag tribal area
Yet-to-be-made public report dismisses environmental concerns
Anganwadis in Attappady fail to deliver
Report of Comptroller and Auditor General points to neglect by state
'Mainland tribal people also need autonomous councils'
Autonomous councils in the Northeast are the reason why people there did not lose access to land and forests, says Virginius Xaxa, head of …