Topic: Indigenous people
Indigenous leaders, activists demand NTCA revoke order expediting evictions in the name of tiger conservation
Indigenous community leaders, solidarity activists, journalists, and academics, in a joint statement, call on everyone concerned about the rights of Indigenous and forest-dwelling communities and the future of conservation to pay urgent attention to the recent “despotic move” of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to evict people in the name of tiger conservation.
Arunachal: Anti-dam activists detained ahead of union minister’s visit; critics call it ‘violation of rights’
On Monday, 8 July, two anti-dam activists were detained in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh following the visit of Union Power Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar in the state, who went to the hilly region to review several hydropower projects which also included the contentious eleven hundred megawatts Upper Siang Hydroelectric Project.
How traditional Indigenous education helped four lost children survive 40 days in the Amazon jungle
Eliran Arazi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The discovery and rescue of four young Indigenous children, 40 days after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed...
Jharkhand farmers will now be called ‘Birsa Kisan’: Hemant Soren
On the occasion of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Monday, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren announced that all farmers of Jharkhand would henceforth be recognised as Birsa Kisan.
In brief: What’s happening in Lakshadweep?
Ever since former Gujarat MoS Home Minister and Modi's close confidant Praful Khoda Patel was appointed as Administrator late last year, Lakshadweep has been in unrest.
New report details indigenous struggle for land rights
Although the world’s indigenous peoples live in areas that contain around 80 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity, many still struggle to maintain their legal rights to lands, territories and resources, according to a new UN report published on Friday.
