Archive · 3 Jun 2025
Adivasi Communities Claim Displacement Due to Tiger Projects
Imagine the government wants to protect tigers, so they make a special area.
But the people who have lived there for a long time, the Adivasis, are being asked to leave.
They say this land is their home and they were forced out before.
They are unhappy about this and want to live on their ancestral land.
They feel like the rules aren't helping them, and they want their rights recognized by the government.
They are fighting back by filing a case.
Indigenous communities are being displaced from ancestral lands due to tourism and tiger projects.
Laws meant to protect them are allegedly not properly implemented.
The Jenu Kuruba tribe reoccupied their land in the Nagarhole tiger reserve.
The Adivasis are filing a case against the Forest Department under the SC/ST Atrocities Act.
They claim their rights are not being recognized despite the Forest Rights Act of 2006.
- Who
- Adivasi communities, Jenu Kuruba tribe, forest department, Nitin Rai, Lara Jesani
- What
- Adivasi communities are being displaced from their ancestral lands due to tourism and tiger projects.
- When
- May 5 (reoccupation); Monday (global press briefing)
- Where
- Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Karadikallu, India
- Why
- Adivasis are protesting displacement and the alleged non-recognition of their rights, claiming ancestral land ownership.
Adivasi Communities
Government/Forest Department
Land Ownership
Adivasi Communities
Ancestral land ownership; rejection of tiger project and government schemes.
Government/Forest Department
Tiger projects and tourism necessitate land use changes.
Rights Recognition
Adivasi Communities
Forest Department is withholding their rights and misusing the law.
Government/Forest Department
The Forest Department likely believes the Adivasi rights need to be recognized before they can live on the land.
- Affected Group
- Adivasi communities, Jenu Kuruba tribe
- Location
- Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Karadikallu, India
- Key Issues
- Displacement, non-recognition of rights
- Actions
- Filing a case against the Forest Department
- Legal Basis
- Forest Rights Act 2006, SC/ST Atrocities Act