Why Madhya Pradesh is thinking 'private' forests
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Why Madhya Pradesh is thinking 'private' forests

India Today  

Is Madhya Pradesh planning to hand out its forests to private investors? Placed for comments in the public domain by the state forest department ahead of the February 24-25 investor summit in Bhopal, it proposes to allow private investment for ‘restoration of forest lands’—offering the investor the right to sell minor forest produce and earn carbon credits. Hence this policy, which has two parts: to get private investment in forestry, and to get corporates to support forest restoration through their Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Environment Responsibility budgets. The investor would have the right to sell half the minor forest produce, like tendu leaves, mahua and chironji; the MPFDC would get 30 per cent and 20 per cent would be left for the local communities. The investor, who will get green credits for afforestation as per the Forest Amendment Act 2023, would also have the first right to buy the MFP allocated to the MPFDC.

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173K ha forests cleared in 9 years, Lok Sabha informed
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3 days, 20 hours ago

173K ha forests cleared in 9 years, Lok Sabha informed

Hindustan Times  

An area larger than NCT of Delhi was diverted for various non-forestry purposes including infrastructure projects between 2014-15 and 2023-24, the Union environment ministry has informed Lok Sabha on Monday. Experts have been critical of India’s forest cover data because it counts farms, orchards, plantations etc as forests due to its ambiguous definition. The forest area measuring 173,396.87 hectares was …

Madhya Pradesh BJP government denying tribals their rights, usurping their land: Congress
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Madhya Pradesh BJP government denying tribals their rights, usurping their land: Congress

The Hindu  

NEW DELHI/BHOPAL The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh plans to privatise 40% of the State’s forests and seeks to displace tribals from their natural habitat, the Congress party alleged on Monday. Addressing a press conference at the Congress party’s 24 Akbar Road office, newly appointed Adivasi Congress chairman and Jhabua MLA Vikrant Bhuria alleged that the BJP is “weakening” the …

Forest rights concerns could influence electoral results in nearly a third of constituencies, says study
1 year, 2 months ago

Forest rights concerns could influence electoral results in nearly a third of constituencies, says study

The Hindu  

The electoral outcome in nearly three in ten of India’s Parliamentary constituencies could be influenced by issues surrounding the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, says an analysis by independent researchers. The Forest Rights Act, officially known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006, is a piece of legislation that enables tribal communities and forest-dwelling citizens …

New forest laws and ‘development’ push: A prelude to a ‘land grab’ in India’s north-east?
1 year, 9 months ago

New forest laws and ‘development’ push: A prelude to a ‘land grab’ in India’s north-east?

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 02, 2023 16:16 IST - 10 MINS READ The eviction in March of tribal people living in the foothills of Manipur from their traditional forest lands on the grounds that these are “reserve forests” and the conflagration that soon ensued may have more to it than meets the eye. Several factors point to this, including the introduction …

Never-ending injustice: Forest Villages of Madhya Pradesh
1 year, 10 months ago

Never-ending injustice: Forest Villages of Madhya Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

Colonial forest policy imposed many injustices on forest-dependent communities in mainland India, including ignoring pre-existing cultivation and taking away people’s rights to access and manage the forest. FVs were villages created and administered by the colonial forest department for this purpose of ‘securing labour’ by settling Adivasi and sometimes non-Adivasi households within specific patches explicitly carved out of the forest. …

A conservation Bill that endangers forest rights
2 years, 3 months ago

A conservation Bill that endangers forest rights

The Hindu  

The expeditious passage of the Wild Life Amendment Bill, 2021 in the Rajya Sabha this winter session — this followed its passing in the Lok Sabha during the monsoon session — needs comment. The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 has safeguarded numerous species of wild animals and plants by prohibiting all forms of hunting and, more importantly, creating inviolate areas where …

'Matter Requires Hearing": SC Posts Plea Against Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition Of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 After Diwali
2 years, 6 months ago

'Matter Requires Hearing": SC Posts Plea Against Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition Of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 After Diwali

Live Law  

According to the petitioners, the Act has led to deforestation and encroachment of forest land. On February 13, 2019, the bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee had directed states to ensure the eviction of all those persons from forestland whose claims under the Forest Rights Act have been rejected. In the 13 February 2019 order, The …

Forest Rights Act: well begun, and now Odisha is ready for the home run
2 years, 8 months ago

Forest Rights Act: well begun, and now Odisha is ready for the home run

The Hindu  

Tucked away in a forested region of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Juguni Ho had long nursed a dream of owning a piece of land. Juguni Ho, Jasai Soren and Pramilla Pradhan are among the 2.59 lakh beneficiaries of the Forest Rights Act, 2006, which has entered its 16th year of implementation in Odisha. “We are confident about launching Mission 2024 for …

‘MP First State to Make Tribals Land Owners’: Home Minister Amit Shah lauds CM Chouhan
2 years, 11 months ago

‘MP First State to Make Tribals Land Owners’: Home Minister Amit Shah lauds CM Chouhan

News 18  

“This is the first time in the country that a state has turned tribals into forest land owners,” Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday, heaping praises on Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Shah was in Bhopal for a tribals’ convention and also took part in a mega road show, which culminated at the Bharatiya Janata Party head …

MP government plans to bring law to ease tree felling on private land
4 years ago

MP government plans to bring law to ease tree felling on private land

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh state government is coming up with a new tree plantation promotion law which will allow felling of trees on private forest land and degraded forest of about 10 lakh hectares without any permission from the government, said an official. Under the new law, the state government is going to relax the norms for cutting trees on private land …

India’s Pledge To Restore Degraded Land Could Fuel Land Conflicts
5 years, 5 months ago

India’s Pledge To Restore Degraded Land Could Fuel Land Conflicts

The Quint  

“Within forest areas, one can look at a PPP model, but it will then require a lot of safeguards to make sure the rights of people are not affected,” Sethi said, adding that, “third party monitoring will also be required to make sure the benefits like forest produce are equitably shared and natural forest areas with high biodiversity are not …

SC order on evicting forest dwellers: Protecting indigenous communities’ rights is key in fight against climate change
6 years ago

SC order on evicting forest dwellers: Protecting indigenous communities’ rights is key in fight against climate change

Firstpost  

Several tribal communities in India protect forests, based on their self-perception of these areas being under their custodianship. In this light, the Supreme Court’s 13 February order that threatens to evict over 10 lakh forest dwellers is not just a major land rights crisis, but also a big blow to the country’s effort to mitigate climate change, and a direct …

The right way to save India’s forests
7 years, 1 month ago

The right way to save India’s forests

Live Mint  

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016 has raised serious concerns about the human and environmental costs of compensatory afforestation. By allocating more than Rs50,000 crore, the Act enables the forest bureaucracy to entrench its control over forests and subvert democratic forest governance established by the Forest Rights Act, 2006 and Panchayats Act, 1996. During its enactment, the Union environment, forest …

MP to use satellite images to verify tribals’ forest land claim
9 years, 2 months ago

MP to use satellite images to verify tribals’ forest land claim

Hindustan Times  

With talks between officials and agitating tribals in Betul reaching an impasse, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to use satellite imagery procured before and after 2005 to verify their claims over possession of forest land. During their ‘neend haram karyakram’ in front of the collector’s bungalow last week, the tribals beat drums, danced and sang folk songs every night, …

Protecting forest lands
11 years, 6 months ago

Protecting forest lands

The Hindu  

The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General underscoring the >blatant violation of conservation laws and Supreme Court orders in the diversion of forests for destructive non-forestry use confirms what former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said about the system: it’s a bit of a joke. Among the major findings of the CAG are the non-receipt of nearly 73 per cent …

Forest Rights Act losing steam as officials play with rules
14 years, 7 months ago

Forest Rights Act losing steam as officials play with rules

The Hindu  

The implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act in Madhya Pradesh faces a host of problems due to a strange interpretation of the Act by the Forest Department. Ministry circular Probably keeping this in mind, the Ministry of Environment and Forests had issued a circular two years ago, requesting “all State/Union Territory governments not to resort …

Conflict of interests
17 years, 1 month ago

Conflict of interests

The Hindu  

As the phase of implementation of the law approaches, there is palpable unease among the tribal populations. Just before the coming into force of the Forest Rights Act in January 2008, the Forest Department of Burhanpur district demolished seven villages. Despite having lived in the village, in Gogunda block of Udaipur district in Rajasthan, for over three decades, they have …

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