Tribal Affairs Ministry mandates voluntary relocation from tiger reserves, emphasizing community rights and compliance with ...
SHILLONG, India — The northeast Indian state of Meghalaya is home to more than 125 sacred forests. These are tracts of virgin woodlands, which the Indigenous people believe are the abodes of their ...
KOTAGIRI, India — Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around the world have safeguarded for centuries as abodes of the spiritual or the divine. Thousands ...