Action

Overview

We are engaged in pilot-level action in two Adivasi-dominated high forest sites — Bastar district in Chhattisgarh and Baiga Chak region of Dindori & Mandla districts in Madhya Pradesh. We aim to build capacities of local communities to generate positive outcomes for democratic rights, livelihoods and forests, and also to learn from these initiatives in order to inform our training and policy outreach.

Our teams in both sites consist primarily of Adivasi youth from those regions, and they work with Gram Sabhas on claim-making, conflict resolution, CFR management planning, implementation of livelihood enhancement and forest regeneration activities, and liaising with the state administration on community-based forest governance. 

In Bastar, we have enabled 56 villages in Bastar to gain CFR rights over 40,000 ha, enabled another 22 villages to submit CFRR claims, supported 20 villages in creating CFR management plans, and are now working with 15 of these villages for implementation of these plans.

In Baiga Chak, we have piloted a new approach to the problems faced by Forest Villages, and enabled 2 Forest Villages to submit comprehensive Individual Forest Rights claims. We have also enabled 8 Forest Villages to submit CFRR claims and are working with another 6 villages on claim-submission. Villages have also begun to plan post-claims forest management. 

Potential mapping

Management Planning

Critical Wildlife Habitats

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