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NTCA Demands Relocation of Nearly 4 Lakh Forest Dwellers From 54 Tiger Reserves
The Wildlife Protection Act prohibits all kinds of relocation except those done ‘voluntarily' on 'mutually agreed terms and conditions’.
Science
How New Forest Diversion Rules Deal a Body Blow to the Forest Rights Act
Politics
Environment Ministry’s New Forest Diversion Rules Are Bad News for Forest Rights
The question is if lawmakers will approve this illegal move which seriously endangers forests and all its inhabitants, including forest-dwellers.
Politics
Wildlife Protection in Tamil Nadu Now Comes at a Very High Cost
A near-total ban on grazing, coupled with a system that undoes the FRA, has made life difficult of locals, stripping them of rights.
Science
In Tamil Nadu, Wildlife Protection Has Gone Too Far
Politics
How a History of Broken Promises Has Let Down India's Scheduled Areas
Only six states have the rules necessary to operationalise the PESA Act's provisions – yet the myth that PESA is alive and kicking prevails.
Science
India’s Forests, and Their Peoples, Are Caught Between Two Ministries
Science
Why India’s Forest Rights Act Is the Most Viable Forest Conservation Law
Science
Why Is the Government Afraid of Implementing the Forest Rights Act?
How the FRA Is the Last Line Against the Environment Ministry's Arbitrariness
The government has continued to delay or deny forest rights in tiger reserves, and the environment ministry is yet to notify any forests as critical wildlife habitats till date.
Why India's Northeast Could See FRA as a Way to Protect Its Community Forests
The Centre is all set to bring 'unclassed' or 'unclassified' forests' under the purview of the Indian Forest Act 1927 with a proposed amendment.
