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Publications Samata - Assertion for people
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2014 - Children and their Rights in Mining Areas - A Community Resource Guide. National award under the category of Social Bravery by Godfrey Phillips for the year 2012. Ravi on committee for tribal empowerment. 2010: Contesting Women’s Rights Within the Political Economy of Mining in India. 2010: India’s Childhood in the Pits - A Report on the Impacts of Mining on Children in India. Samata in the News. Ravi Rebbapragada, Executive Director, Samatha. Community and Natural Resources. How You Can Support.
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Impacts of Government Policies on Sustenance of Tribal People in the Eastern Ghats. Click here to view a picture gallery of the Eastern Ghats region in India where Samata began its work and strives to protect. . (big file). 2014 - Children and their Rights in Mining Areas - A Community Resource Guide. National award under the category of Social Bravery by Godfrey Phillips for the year 2012. Ravi on committee for tribal empowerment. Samata in the News. Ravi Rebbapragada, Executive Director, Samatha.
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Globalization in the Fifth Schedule Areas - K. Bhanumati, Samata. National Campaign Against the Fifth Schedule Amendment. This Fifth Schedule is under threat of being amended to permit the transfer of tribal lands to non-tribals and corporate bodies. more. 2014 - Children and their Rights in Mining Areas - A Community Resource Guide. National award under the category of Social Bravery by Godfrey Phillips for the year 2012. Ravi on committee for tribal empowerment. Samata in the News. How You Can Support.
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Campaings - Samata Assertion for people
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Indigenous people and their communities have an historical relationship with their lands and are generally descendants of the original inhabitants of such lands. . more. The Eastern and Western Ghats are two mountain systems of southern India, averaging 3000 to 5000 feet . more. The problem of mining is manifold. The destruction of the preexisting habitat for the mining industry undermines the possibility of any other use of the other resources of the area. . more. Ravi on committee for tribal empowerment.
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Samata - Assertion for people
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An Elusion called Justice- Struggling with an Enigma - A Chronicle of Samata as lived by us. A Journey of Odds:. The hills looked so tranquil that life appeared to be a lilting rhythm. Yet our instincts told us there was something seriously amiss in this rustic disquiet. First we witnessed government disparagement in the form of physical neglect of basic human needs. Health, education, infrastructure, economics, law - all were utterly wrong. But where do we start? Responding to an inspiration called Tilak.
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Samata - Assertion for people
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Samata undertakes research studies and prepares reports, action alerts, impact assessment case studies, situation analysis reports, campaign documents and policy documents on issues relating to tribal people in scheduled areas. Focus areas are mining and environmental issues, human rights, rural development, gender issues, and legal and policy implementation. Annual Report - April 2010 - March 2011. Adivasis in the Eastern Ghats Fundamental Issues at the Close of the Millenium in the Era of Globalisation:.
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2014 - Children and their Rights in Mining Areas - A Community Resource Guide. Ravi Rebbapragada has been conferred the Godfrey Philip National Bravery Award under Social Act of Courage for 2012 from Ggodfrey Phillips India Ltd on 31st March 2012. Ravi on committee for tribal empowerment. 2010: Contesting Women’s Rights Within the Political Economy of Mining in India. 2010: India’s Childhood in the Pits - A Report on the Impacts of Mining on Children in India. Water for the tribal people - Video. Has bee...
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Forest Samata - Assertion for people
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Andhra Pradesh Community Forest Management Project - A preliminary independent evaluation of a World Bank forestry project by Forest Peoples Programme and Samata - May 2005. Forest Management Issues in East Godavari - A Case Study of Pedda Mallapurm - Ravi R Pragada. Joint Forest Management - A Critique Based on People’s Perceptions. Indigenous and tribal communities, biodiversity conservation and the Global Environment Facility in India. More documents of Samata. Ravi on committee for tribal empowerment.
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Samata - Assertion for people
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1 Advocacy on Tribal Issues. Protection of Constitutional rights of the tribals as in the Fifth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Support to tribal community struggles for protection of their rights against the proposed bauxite and other mining activities in tribal and forest lands. Facilitating assertion of forest rights of tribal people and resolution of conflicts vis-à-vis State forest policies. Campaign against largescale displacement of tribal people for proposed irrigation projects. Develop trib...