Future of the Forest is the story of legal transformations of forests across India through collective action. Since the nineteenth century, Indian forest dwellers have been unable to enforce their claims to the land on which they live or the products of it that they use. But at the turn of the twenty-first century, a new national movement led to the passage of the Forest Rights Act, a landmark law that recognizes the tenure and use of rights of India’s millions of landless forest dwellers.
Dr. Anand P. Vaidya, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Reed College
Thursday, May 15th, 2025 | 4 pm
Toulan Library (URBN 770)
Urban Center Building
506 SW Mill St
This event is co-sponsored by the Honors College and the Departments of Anthropology, Environmental Science and Management, Geology, Politics and Global Affairs, and the Institute for Asian Studies.