Indian forest and wood certification scheme
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has launched the Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme. This national forest certification scheme offers voluntary third-party certification
Forest Management
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Have India's tribal leaders failed their people?
India has the largest tribal population in the world. But they are also the most marginalised section of society. What is it in India's political system that prevents the tribal voice from being heard?
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Singhbhum: Jharkhand
Jungle andolan amidst state repression
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Koel Karo: Jharkhand
Leaders renege, but tribal collectivism holds forth
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Andhra pradesh
TAC betrays tribals at some tribal leaders instance
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As for the future
Is there hope?
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Non tribals need to be educated about tribals
Veteran anthropologist B K ROY BURMAN in conversation with SOPAN JOSHI
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'Tribal leaders are mere pawns in politics'
Tribal activist C K Janu speaks on adivasi issues and the Muthanga controversy
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"I will get the Koel Karo project reviewed"
ARJUN MUNDA, the newly sworn in chief minister of Jharkhand, spoke to Down To Earth the day he announced his cabinet
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"Police firing will keep happening"
BABULAL MARANDI was the Union minister of state for environment when he took over as the chief minister of Jharkhand in 2000. In March 2003, he resigned after his cabinet ministers turn against him. Down To Earth spoke to him a few days after his ouster
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Joba Majhi
JOBA MAJHI, wife of the leader of Singhbhum's Jungle Andolan, Devendra Majhi, is in her second term as member of the legislative assembly from a breakaway faction of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. She was a minister in the Bihar cabinet and she remained a mi