Kashmir to enact India’s forest rights law 14 years on, in boost for nomads
Thomson Reuters Foundation Authorities in India’s Jammu and Kashmir will implement a law to grant land rights to forest dwelling communities 14 years after the legislation was enacted nationwide, a long-awaited move that may better protect nomadic tribes, human rights activists said. The Forest Rights Act of 2006 aimed to recognise the rights of at […]
As legal fight over forest rights drags, millions more risk eviction
Udaipur, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of Indigenous people face eviction in India after states stopped processing new land claims under a law that is being challenged in the country’s highest court, land and human rights advocates warned on Friday. Earlier this year, India’s Supreme Court stayed its ruling that ordered the eviction of millions of […]
Explainer – India’s top court to rule on eviction of millions from forests
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation India’s top court on Wednesday resumes hearing a case against millions of forest dwellers and indigenous people who face eviction under a federal law that conservationists say hurts wildlife and causes deforestation. The Supreme Court issued an order in February to remove forest-dwellers in 21 states where nearly two million land […]