Overview
We not only communicate our research and action insights on forest governance to policy-makers and make recommendations, but actively engage, at both central and state levels, in the policy-making and implementation stages of the Forest Rights Act as and when possible.
We have served on National and State-level Committees, had agreements with district administrations in Bastar and Dindori, and currently have an MoU with Chhattisgarh Tribal Development Department and serve on the Task Force for FRA and PESA in Madhya Pradesh.
Potential mapping
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Chhattisgarh CFR Potential Atlas Date: 15th November, 2024
Claim Making
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Empower communities to fix forest governance Tardy devolution of rights under FRA and issues undermining gram sabhas’ capabilities to exercise these rights wherever recognised need to be addressed -
Community Forest Rights Recognition in Chhattisgarh State: Progress and Challenges Community Rights (CR) and Community Forest Resource Rights (CFRR) provisions of the FRA, when taken together, have the potential to decentralize and deepen democratic forest governance and bring about a transformative change in the economic and social conditions of the local people, and improve the management of the forests.
Management Planning
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Policy Brief: Post-CFR Recognition Policy Support How can the recognition of CFR rights translate into positive and equitable livelihood and conservation outcomes? Much will clearly depend upon the collective decision-making processes adopted at the local level and the policy support provided post-recognition. -
(DA-JGUA) Consultation in Raipur Date: 6th January, 2025 -
CSO Consultation on DA-JGUA implementation in Chhattisgarh Date: 6th January, 2025
Post Claims management
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Policy Brief: Post-CFR Recognition Policy Support How can the recognition of CFR rights translate into positive and equitable livelihood and conservation outcomes? Much will clearly depend upon the collective decision-making processes adopted at the local level and the policy support provided post-recognition.
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Policy Brief: Convergence of CFRR with NTFP-based livelihoods Under project on Training, Capacity Building and Support for Decision-Making for CFRR Recognition & Management in Bastar District
Critical Wildlife Habitats
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Critical Wildlife Habitat: What is it, how should it be implemented, and how is it being pushed through? This report seeks to clarify in simple language the core legal provisions relating to CWH, their interpretation, and the processes necessary for their proper implementation on the ground. It also identifies where the ongoing process in Maharashtra has deviated from this legally implied process. -
Conflict or coexistence with wildlife? (Marathi) The article talks about the need to study people-wildlife coexistence before notifying critical wildlife habitats -
Myth of the Pristine Forests The article talks about the need to study people-wildlife coexistence before notifying critical wildlife habitats -
Ensuring a Fair and Sustainable Process in CWH Identification in Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary This is an interim report on Forest Rights Recognition and Ongoing Relocation in Melghat Wildlife Sanctuary