Doctor of Juridical Science student at Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program, Fredrick Ole Ikayo whose paternal family lives in the NCA, dispels myths about maasai people in Tanzania.

At least, 5,50,000 Scheduled Tribes and other forest dwellers have been identified for involuntary relocation by the Project Tiger to create inviolate areas for the purposes of tiger conservation.

The displacement per tiger reserve increased exponentially after 2021, from 5,000 per protected area to 48,333, the report released on the International Tiger Day said.

Several speakers at the World Heritage Committee being held in New Delhi criticised UNESCO for its silence on the violations of the rights of indigenous peoples in certified World Heritage sites. They said that the indigenous peoples have been also been facing forced evictions from conservation areas.

Suhas Chakma made impactful interventions at the 17th Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples highlighting the adverse effects of conservation measures on Indigenous populations.

Political activist Pranab Doley, a member of the indigenous community of Bokakhat displaced during the expansion of Kaziranga National Park, wrote an open letter a day before the PM’s visit. The letter highlighted the evictions taking place in Kaziranga, the human rights violations in Kaziranga, the excessive power given to the forest authorities, and the illegal constructions by politicians and corporates in Kaziranga.

What are the concerns about the Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to increase areas under forest cover, inland water, coastal and marine areas to at least 30% of the world’s terrestrial area? What is the situation in India?

In a powerful demonstration of solidarity and advocacy on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (March 21), Professor Robert A. Williams, Jr.; Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program, featured prominently in the Anti-Racism Live 2024 event organized by Peace One Day.

The Scheduled Tribes in India will bear the brunt of this expansion, as 89 of the 106 notified national parks in the country were established in areas that they lived. This means that 84% of protected areas in India overlap with tribal areas, New Delhi-based rights activist Suhas Chakma said at the symposium on ‘Conservation, Racism, and Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights’.

As about 89 out of the 106 national parks in India are established in the areas inhabited by the Scheduled Tribes, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework will destroy the indigenous population, warned activists Suhas Chakma.