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Sumedha Pal
Chhattisgarh: Protests Against Sponge Iron Plant in Jashpur by Tribal Communities Continue
30 Jul 2021
'We don't need iron or power; we need agriculture and forest produce-based industries. There should not be a factory that destroys agriculture and forest produce...'
Anish Tore
India’s Conflict Diamonds: Buxwaha
20 Jul 2021
They say diamonds are forever.
Anees Zargar
Over a Dozen Injured During Eviction Drive by Forest Officials in South Kashmir
24 May 2021
Villagers belonging to the Gujjar tribal community, some of them living in the area for generations, accused the authorities of ‘forced eviction’.
Sumedha Pal
Karnataka: Amid Pandemic, Jenu Kuruba Tribal Leaders Threatened with Violence by Forest Officials
15 May 2021
Villagers claimed that cases have been registered against six leaders of the community which has been protesting against forced evictions from the Nagarhole National Park and Tiger Reserve in…
Tikender Singh Panwar
Forest Fires in North India: A Man-Made Disaster
06 Apr 2021
From monoculture plantation to alienation of forest-dwellers from the forests in the mountains, these fires are a man-made phenomenon with faltered interventions at many layers.
Sumedha Pal
How Farm Laws Constitute an Attack on Adivasis
31 Mar 2021
Farm laws are being seen as a move meant to target the autonomy of the gram sabhas leading to inroads of the corporates on adivasi land and further widening of the balance of power between adivasi…
Sumedha Pal
MP: ‘Over 37,000 Kilometres of Tribal Land to be Handed Over to Corporates’
23 Nov 2020
The state government is said to be formalising plans to give 40% of "degraded forest land" to private firms, allege activists.
Sumedha Pal
UP: Tharu Tribals Set to Get Community Forest Rights After Prolonged Struggle
16 Nov 2020
The recognition will enable them to collect forest produce without interference or harassment from the forest department
Sagrika Kissu
J&K: ‘Why do you Need Land?’ Eviction Threat Looms Large over Bakarwal Families
28 Oct 2020
‘We were told that there is no need to educate our children as we are vagabonds and our children will follow us into the same line of work; that education is a waste for them...’
Sumedha Pal
‘Modi Govt Waging Undeclared War Against Adivasis’: Kaimur Fact-Finding Team
23 Oct 2020
The team investigated the action of the forest department in Kaimur’s Adhaura block in Bihar that reportedly left many injured and charged for ‘rioting’.