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A government campaign to plant more trees has sparked a negative response from Adivasi communities.

A physician and public health specialist, Dr John Oommen shares insights from more than three decades of working on community health among Adivasi peoples, and reflects on why we need to rethink the dominant development paradigm.

In 2019, activist and humanitarian Stan spoke to us about people’s movements. He recounted how they grow and are sustained in the context of his fight against the human rights violations faced by Adivasi peoples.

To better serve the needs of Adivasi communities, the social sector must first abandon its top down methods.

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

Failing to understand the Adivasi world view and imposing the dominant development paradigm on Adivasi peoples is affecting their identity and well-being.

Tribal communities living around urban spaces face a host of issues when it comes to unlocking the full potential and value of their land.

The oppression of Adivasi peoples in their own lands, at the hands of outsiders, led a young student activist from Bombay to spend the next four decades of his life fighting for land and labour rights.

Using a unique, farmer-focused research methodology, this project encourages women to view themselves not as secondary players in the agricultural sector, but as principal farmers, researchers, teachers, and active agents of social change.

The data tells us that India's aspirations to improve its nutrition status cannot be realised without focused policy changes towards the Scheduled Tribes.