Press Note: 29/12/2018 Tribals rally against bureaucratic roadblocking of Forest Rights Act in Kinnaur

Local leaders and activists call out the ignorance and apathy of administration, question apathy of the government Close to 1500 tribal people assembled and carried out a rally at Kinnaur’s district headquarter of Reckong Peo on the 29th of December to register their protest against the district administration for not implementing the Forest Rights Act […]

Press Note: 21Decmber 2018 Official members of District level Committee under FRA reject claims of tribals of Lippa Village

हिन्दी के लिये नीचे स्क्रोल करें Press Note: 21Decmber 2018 Official members of District level Committee under FRA reject claims of tribals of Lippa Village Doling out forest land to company but cannot grant tribals their rights, shows government priorities, Empty promise on FRA made in Vidhan Sabha: Lippa Forest Rights Committee   Barely few […]

After a decade, in a first, a detailed address on Forest Rights Act 2006 in the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh

Press Note: 14th December 2018 After a decade, in a first, a detailed address on Forest Rights Act 2006 in the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh MLAs Rakesh Singha and Ashish Butail address the assembly In response to consistent pressure from local communities, farmer’s groups and civil society, the Forest Rights Act 2006 finally became […]

Press Note: Study breaks myths of ‘big encroachers’ under FRA in tribal areas; Reveals that most claimants are marginal landholders

5th Dec 2018 हिंदी के लिए नीचे स्क्रॉल करें Press Note:  Study breaks myths of ‘big encroachers’ under FRA in tribal areas; Reveals that most claimants are marginal landholders Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective in collaboration with Zila Van Adhikar Samiti, Kinnaur, released its report titled, ‘Who Gains from the Forest Rights Act, 2006?’ […]

H.P. High Court provides relief to Kinnaur occupants

High Court Order of 9th July provides relief to occupants by quashing DFO orders; High Court Bench puts ball in DFO Kinnaur’s court to hear matter; High court mentions FRA and gives liberty to make submissions under FRA to State government. The orders of the Hon’ble High Court, dated 6th April 2015, followed by subsequent […]

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: वन अधिकार कानून के अंतर्गत जल्द से जल्द मिलें अधिकार: वन अधिकार मंच, 2 मई 2018

2 मई 2018 शिमला हिमाचल वन अधिकार मंच के सदस्यों ने शिमला में 1 मई को रणनीति बैठक का आयोजन किया और 2 मई को राज्य सरकार के वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों से मिल कर वन अधिकार कानून 2006 से जुड़े मुद्दों पर चर्चा की और ज्ञापन भी सौंपा। मंच की बैठक में चंबा, सिरमौर, काँगड़ा, किन्नौर और लाहौल स्पीती […]

Press release: Himachal Groups join forest rights groups; reject draft national forest policy

17/4/2018  Shimla Himachal Van Adhikar Manch is one of the 150 signatories of the submission made to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change raising objections to the serious flaws in the Draft National Forest Policy 2018. The MoEFCC came out with the draft last month, for which they had comments and suggestions from concerned citizens […]

पै्रस विज्ञप्ति: पंचेश्वर बहुद्देशीय नही बहुधोखीय परियोजना है

5 November 2017 पंचेश्वर बहुद्देशीय नही बहुधोखीय परियोजना है: पंचेश्वर बांध व रुपालीगाड बंाधों की प्रक्रिया तुरंत प्रभाव रोकी जाये। वन अधिकार दो – जैव विविधता रजिस्टर ग्राम स्तर पर बनाओं प्रभावित जनता को अंधेरे में रखकर पर्यावरण और वन स्वीकृतियंा लेने की प्रक्रियंा पूरी की जा रही है वह यह बताता है कि सरकारों […]

प्रेस नोट: 11 जुलाई 2017, पालमपूर तहसील में वन अधिकार के दावों का खाता खुला

वन अधिकार कानून, 2006 के अन्तर्गत बड़सर पंचायत के 6 गांवों ने लगभग 5 हजार हेक्टेयर वन भूमि पर सामुहिक दावे आज (11 जूलाई 2017) एसडीएम पालमपूर को सौंपे। इस प्रक्रिया में राज्य स्तरीय संगठन हिमाचल वन अधिकार मंच जोकि प्रदेश में इस कानून को लागू करने के लिये प्रयासरत है, ने स्थानीय समुदाय को दावे भरने की प्रक्रिया में मदद की। वन अधिकार कानून 2006 वनों […]

Why Forest Rights Act, 2006 is the way to go in Himachal

To address historical injustice faced by the forest-dependent communities in India, UPA government had passed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of) Forest Rights Act in 2006. But the Congress, at least in Himachal, has failed to make use of this legislation to provide relief to tribal population. In fact, Himachal is […]