Swetlana Parida & Tarini Prasanna Si
University Law College, Utkal University; University Law College, Utkal University
Abstract
The indigenous communities across the globe, including in India, have safeguarded their forests, water systems and biodiversity for generations. Yet the new-age environmental laws only recognise these communities by their forest rights and some general regulations applicable to them. It measurably fails to acknowledge their traditional ecological knowledge as an independent legal interest. This article […]