Written objections to the letter are here calling out the faulty interpretation,false alarms & the complete disregard for the safeguards that already exist in the law. Instead of reinforcing the myths around the FRA the forest bureaucracy needs to engage with the process... Contd

.... so that the twin goals of livelihood protection & robust forest governance can be achieved.

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The traditional forest dwellers are criminalised as ‘encroachers’ in their own homes despite the democratisation of forests with the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Meanwhile, industries get access to forests for profit, writes C.R. BIJOY in this commentary. india.mongabay.com/2025/05/what-e…

....a cover to a whole lot of easy and cheap forest grab by the affluent and powerful, be it for development, resource extraction, forest conservation or wildlife protection. india.mongabay.com/2025/05/what-e…

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Threat to Adivasi rights? Civil society slams Union environment minister’s claim linking FRA to forest loss downtoearth.org.in/forests/threat…

Governance as if people, democracy and conservation matter mainstreamweekly.net/article15992.h…

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The modern notion of private property that emerged during the colonial period, with emphasis on ownership rights, recorded primarily in favour of men, along with its patriarchal baggage, is itself a recent int

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