India: Forest Rights Of Indigenous People In India   Yuvraj Dilip Patil, 2012   In India, the indigenous peoples are predominantly composed of the large and diverse tribal populations scattered across several States. In Indian languages, there is no exact equivalent for the “tribe”, but close synonymous are vanavasis (Forest dwellers) or adivasi (Original inhabitants).   Indigenous forest people use their land in many different ways – for fishing, hunting, shifting agriculture,...

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