Give us 18 sq km
Maharashtra village places demands under forest rights act Managing forest resources comes easy to people of Mendha Lekha. The people of this forest village in Maharashtra
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Tribal people use RTI to access information on forest land titles
In a major victory, tribal people in Maharashtra’s Thane district have managed to get information on forest land titles through the Right to Information Act. They were demanding this information for months,
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Diversion of 35,867-ha of forest land okayed in 2014: Govt
The government has given approval for diversion of 35,867 hectares of forest land in a total of 783 cases in 2014, Parliament was informed Tuesday. "The central government has given approval under the
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Implementation protocol for determination and notification of critical wildlife habitats in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries
<p>The purpose of this Implementation Protocol is to detail the procedure for determining Critical Wildlife Habitats within National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries as required by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.
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Forest rights panels to be elected on Aug 3
KOLLAM: Based on the Forest Rights Act approved by the Union Government, forest rights committees will be set up in the district on August 3. A meeting chaired by District Collector A.Shajahan has taken a decision in this regard. The Act envisages to provide rights on the dwelling places of those people, including Scheduled Tribes, in the forest land in which they had been living traditionally.
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Equations analysis of draft guidelines for ecotourism in and around protected areas
<p>The (Draft) Guidelines for Ecotourism in and around Protected Areas were issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on June 2, 2011 and comments invited by June 30, 2011.
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Forest panels set up without elections
The implementation of the Forest Rights Act has begun in most central Indian states.
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Forest panels set up without elections
The implementation of the Forest Rights Act has begun in most central Indian states.
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Orissa wants a quick job: 55,000 villages asked to elect forest committees in 2 days
The implementation of the Forest Rights Act has begun in most central Indian states.
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Earth quake
Free cheers to the Forest Rights Act Even as 2007 turned to 2008, an incident occurred at village Khorashkhuli, at the edge of the Chandra forest range in West Bengal
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Adivasi predicament in Chhattisgarh
Not only are the Forest Rights Act and the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Act routinely violated in Chhattisgarh, the adivasis are also short-changed on legislative representation and reservations
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NHRC notices to govts, ministry over Aravali logging
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to Rajasthan and Haryana governments besides the environment ministry over massive deforestation in Aravali hills, blamed for the dust
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Bill promises land ownership rights for tribals
Rajat Guha, Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The Forest Rights Act gave them land use rights and mandated that their consent be obtained before acquiring forest land, but it still did not ring in ownership rights for tribal populations.
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The Pied Piper Of Parks
Roma, 44, lobbied in favour of the Forest Rights Act against a State impervious to the possibility of a civil war
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Ministry U-turn may clear hurdles for Manipur project
‘Ministry says villagers were already provided rehabilitation’ A complete U-turn in a matter of one month by the Union Ministry for Tribal Affairs (MOTA) on the application of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) now promises to remove hurdles before the controversial Mapithel Multipurpose Project in Manipur, which has been under construction without mandatory green clearances for eight years.
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Tribal people seek proper implementation of Forest Act
More than 300 people from tribal communities, including women, who are living in the foothills of Kolli Hills staged a demonstration on the premises of the Forest Range Office in Rasipuram on Thursday
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Let our rightful forests flourish
The Forests Rights Act 2006 is a result of long sustained peoples
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Orissa changes controversial circular undermining SC order on forest
Following protests from forest rights activists and environmentalists, the Naveen Patnaik government has changed a controversial circular issued in November last year that sought to undermine a landmark
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Certificates issued to over 1 lakh forest dwellers in MP
Bhopal: So far forestland rights certificates have been distributed among one lakh three thousand 258 claimants under Forest Rights Act while process is underway to give away certificates for forestland rights to 22 thousand 298 more forest dwellers. Madhya Pradesh is counted among those states of the country where Forest Rights Act has been implemented in best way.
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Tripura seeks help for tribals' livelihood plans
Tripura has sought Rs.440 crore from the central government to undertake livelihood schemes for thousands of tribals who will get title deeds in the state under the forest rights act, Chief Minister Manik