Adivasi

Hasdeo forest protectors. Image credit: Alok Shukla/downtoearth.org.in

India: Adivasi resistance to coal shows centrality of forest rights and climate justice to green climate action

A prominent protest by Adivasi Indigenous communities is taking place in central India’s Hasdeo forests, where new coal mines are being pushed without consent, writes Ruchira Talukdar.