The fight for forests, the struggle for land rights

For now, the Supreme Court of India has stayed its recent order to evict more than a million Adivasis and other forest-dwellers in 16 states. Meanwhile, the struggle for forest rights continues, with mining companies, infrastructure projects and others taking over forests lands – which for many Adivasi communities are their ancestral homes, their source of livelihood, their cultural wellspring. While some await compensation after being displaced, those who resist face violence or imprisonment. These are their stories on PARI