Conference on Forests and Common Lands in India
Date: 12/18/2012
Location: India
City: New Delhi
Country: India
A set of new reports was released on December 18" 2012 at an international conference organized by RRI and the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD)" designed to shed new light on the scope of dramatic" under-the-radar land disputes erupting nationwide. The reports document the historical and structural causes of a recent and significant upward trend in the transfer of extractive resources and land transfer taking place across India—despite constitutional and legal guarantees. An illustrative data-rich map was also released. The reports and map can be seen here.
Conference Agenda | Concept Note
Event Proceedings | Policy Brief
Resources
Large Scale Land Aqcuisitions: An International Overview Arvind Khare" Executive Director" RRI
Traditional populations and forests: An overview of Brazilian policies Luis Joels" former director of the Brazilian Forest Service
Estimation of Land Requirement for emergent sectors Dr. Jagdish Purohit" Program Director" SPWD
December 2012 Presentation on Undemocratic and Arbitrary Report Shankar Gopalkrishnan
Collective Forest Tenure Reform under Village Democracy Xu Jintao" Professor" Peking University (China)
Land Conflicts MapFor more information" see the event's Press Room.