April 20 - 26, 2011: Five Key Indigenous Peoples Issues - India, Chile, Australia, Cameroon, ...


Five Key Indigenous Peoples Issues For The Week Of April 20 - 26, 2011: India, Chile, Australia, Cameroon, Malaysia   India: Overruling Of Forest Rights Act Continues: Van Gujjars Still Waiting For Seasonal Grazing Permit In Uttarakhand Himalaya, India   The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, has not given any 'justice' to the landless and semi-nomadic Van Gujjar pastoral community in the Uttarakhand Himalaya of northern India....

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