National Level Workshop on Protected Areas and Women, April, 2025 at Hyderabad
Kalpavriksh, represented by Ishika Patodi and Neha Negi, participated in a National Level
Workshop on Protected Areas and Women, on 24th-25th April, 2025, at Hyderabad. The
workshop is organised by MAKAAM, Dhaatri Trust, Keystone Foundation, and Centre for
People’s Forestry. The consultation will mainly have Adivasi and other traditional forest-
dwelling women from protected areas in different states, both from areas which have been
relocated/affected and from new project sites proposed for relocation. For further details,
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People in Conservation: Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Security. Vol 13, Issue 2, Sept 2024 – Feb 2025
Latest People in Conservation: Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Security Newsletter is out!
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Kashmir Sangam: Learning, Collaboration, and Sustainability in the Himalayan Landscapes
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Autonomy and pluriversal energy futures in Ladakh, India
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In the supermarket of democracy, choice is an illusion. Is there a real alternative?
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Protecting Wildlife Habitats: Fortress Conservation and the Role of Local Communities
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Strengthening Community Conserved Areas in Nagaland via Field Intervention, Technology and Policy Support
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Wildflowers, Rivers, and Mountains—Navigating Timeand Kinship
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Response to NTCA’s letter asking States for action plans for relocation from Tiger Reserves
We, as a group of individuals, organizations, and representatives of forest-dwelling communities, have released a joint statement expressing grave concerns about the letter issued by the Addl. DGF (Project Tiger) and Member Secretary (NTCA) on June 19, 2024.
This letter asks states to prioritize the relocation of villages from Core/Critical Tiger Habitats, which contradicts the rights of Adivasi and other traditional forest dwellers under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006; violates the procedure to be followed before considering relocation from Tiger Reserves under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972; and disregards international obligations to uphold human rights while pursuing conservation goals under the Convention on Biological Diversity. Additionally, the letter has not been made public and is not available on the NTCA website, raising serious questions about the NTCA’s accountability and transparency.
The statement calls for the immediate withdrawal of the letter, an independent review of past relocations and their social and ecological impacts, and a more inclusive, rights-based approach to tiger conservation through the implementation of the FRA and the recognition of community-led conservation
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Vikalp Sangam: a decade of alternatives for India
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