tribal rights

Across India, people depend on the collection and trade of forest produce for subsistence, yet they remain excluded from deciding how their markets operate. Here’s how community ownership and governance can sustain both livelihoods and commons.

For Van Gujjars, a doorless home signals freedom. Conservation laws and evictions are forcing them to settle and rethink who they are.

India's commons are often seized from the people who nurture them. Here's how communities are asserting their right to govern these lands.

Years of rubber plantations have degraded the land and caused water scarcity for the Gours, who once migrated to Tripura from present-day Bangladesh.

In just four questions, learn what FRA is, why it was enacted, how it aims to benefit India’s forest-dwelling communities, and what are the barriers in doing so.

Denotified and nomadic tribes (NT-DNT) have faced systemic exclusion and prejudice since the colonial period. Learn about their collective struggle for identity and rights.

Adivasi activist and journalist Dayamani Barla talks about her life as a writer and champion of people’s rights, and explains why more activists should join electoral politics.

After losing their livelihood due to the Wildlife Protection Act, women from the denotified Kalandar community in Tonk turned to aari-tari embroidery.

Social welfare schemes and public facilities are not planned keeping this population in mind. Here's why this needs to change.

To preserve Adivasi heritage, it's crucial to create networks where communities can come together to share knowledge and ideas.