India-A New Threat to Forest Dwellers and Protected Areas http://radicalnotes.com/journal/2011/02/11/a-new-threat-to-forest-dwellers-and-protected-areas/

Having cleared the destructive Chiria mines and the POSCO project in violation of the law, the Environment Ministry has proceeded to grossly violate people’s rights in protected areas – to the detriment of both people and wildlife. On February 8th, it issued new guidelines for the declaration of “critical wildlife habitats” under the Forest Rights Act. These guidelines are in direct violation of the Forest Rights Act and will encourage the kind of brutal forced relocation that harms people, increases conflict with wildlife and leads to more destruction in protected areas. Everyone from the Tiger Task Force through numerous conservationists themselves have pointed out the dangers in the current relocation process.Once again, we see that the primary interest of this system is not in wildlife, forests, people or even “development”: it is retaining its own power