forest rights act

How India handles land use change will decide whether it can improve lives without warming the world.

The remarkable story of an Adivasi lawyer and social activist who has led peoples’ movements against state development policies, and sought redress for human rights violations of his people in conflict-ridden regions of Maharashtra.

Conservation groups should be helping Adivasis save forests. Instead, many are working to evict them.

Displacing people from their own lands has been shown to increase vulnerability to exploitation, pushing Adivasi communities to poverty and ill health.