Tag : Compensatory Afforestation (CA)

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  • May 16, 2020
  • 9:33 pm
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Transfer CA funds to Gram Sabhas, tribal rights groups demand

In a Press note released on 15th May, several tribal rights groups, campaigners and activists have dubbed the announcement of transferring CA(CAMPA) funds (6000 crores) as mere eyewash, which will only exacerbate the distress situation that tribals are already facing and provide no relief to them. Besides, they pointed out, allotment of money from the CA fund […]


People’s Response: Movements try to stop mining and deforestation

Social movements to protect the Indian forests have so far focussed more on the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) than anything else. The ‘new’ struggles view the implementation of the FRA more as a long-drawn people’s struggle for control of forests rather than a statist process. Writes Soumitra Ghosh.     Social movements […]