The state of rural India report 2021
Gaon Connection has released its much awaited annual publication – The State of Rural India Report 2021. This report is a unique and exhaustive compilation of 14 chapters, and it also includes 60 stories
Tribals
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Six days on, operations resume at iron ore mines in Chhattisgarh’s Bailadila
Operations resumed at five iron ore mines at the Bailadila Range of Dantewada district on Thursday, after remaining suspended for six days as adivasis picketed entry gates against proposed mining on a
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Mining plan in Dantewada: SDM asks tribal protesters to disperse or face action
As thousands of tribals continue to protest against mining at deposit number 12 at Dantewada’s Bailadila iron ore mines, saying the hill that is to be mined is home to their deity, the sub-divisional magistrate
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New Congress govt halts Adani iron ore mining in Bailadila, Chhattisgarh
The groundswell of protests by adivasis in Dantewada against a contract awarded to Adani Enterprises Ltd to mine iron ore deposits in a hill in the Bailadila range, has prompted the Chhattisgarh government
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Historical injustice and “Bogus” claims: Large infrastructure, conservation and forest rights in India
This essay examines the role of India’s 2006 Forest Rights Act in the procedures that regulate transfer of forest land to large infrastructure projects. Specifically, it shows the gap between the legally
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Peru’s first autonomous indigenous gov’t strikes back against deforestation
The Wampis is an indigenous group comprised of thousands of members whose ancestors have lived in the Amazon rainforest of northern Peru for centuries. Mounting incursions by loggers, miners and
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Panamanian indigenous people act to protect the forest from invading loggers
There is a land at the center of the Americas that is said to remain in the wild. It is the only place on the entire three-continent landmass where the 30,000-kilometer (19,000 mile) Pan-American Highway
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Brazil fails to give adequate public access to Amazon land title data, study finds
Brazil possesses vast tracts of public lands, especially in the Amazon, which exist in the public domain. Traditional peoples, landless movements, quilombolas (communities established more than a century
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Odisha forest dwellers seek permanent relief under FRA
Protest in Bhubaneswar against alleged tinkering with Act A large number of forest dwellers took to the streets in Bhubaneswar on Thursday protesting against alleged tinkering with the Forest Rights
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Shortage of forest area has forced tribal population to migrate
Jaipur: Rajasthan has lowest share in the country in granting land rights to the tribes under the Forest Rights Act. “Rajasthan has 3.10% of the country's forest cover. The FRA rights are given only on
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SC stays its order on eviction of tribals and forest dwellers
However, the court said “the mighty and the undeserving” would be shown no mercy. Asks States to file affidavits to show verification was fair The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its February 13