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1 Jun 2018

Author:
K. Kohli, M. Kapoor, M. Menon, V. Viswanathan, CPR-Namati Environmental Justice Program

Midcourse Manoeuvres: Community strategies and remedies for natural resource conflicts in India

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...This study is an attempt to understand the lived experience of people affected by land use change and related conflicts...[T]his research seeks to analyse what affected people do when such conflicts arise.  What are the strategies they adopt and what kinds of remedies do they seek?  Further, what drives these choices? Section 1 looks at the nature of land governance in India, including how land area has been classified and administered.  It also presents a quick read of the history of land reforms in the country, especially in the states of West Bengal and Kerala.  The next section presents an overview of the constitutional and legal provisions through which land use change is permitted and regulated.  Section 3 is a detailed account of land use change as permitted through the environment clearances under the EIA notification, 2006...Section 4 is an analysis of the different kinds of impacts such land use change results...Section 5 presents a broad range of conflicts, which manifest as a result of the impacts of land use change...[I]n  Section 6, the study looks at the strategies adopted by the affected people for achieving a variety of remedies to redress the impacts they face on a daily basis. The strategies include both legal and non-legal routes... 

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