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[India] Success: Soliga tribe's forest rights upheld in court
2013-06-21 03:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Survival: A village belonging to the Soliga tribe in southern India has won an important court victory after its entire stock of honey its key source of livelihood was seized by local forestry officials in May. The community, with the support of local organizations, took the matter to court and won. A Soliga man told Survival, 'In my village, Hosapodu, we are very happy that we can continue with our work`. The confiscation of honey was in direct violation of the 2006 Indian Forest Rights Act, which...
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