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India’s North East
What is happening to our Forest?
• AREA – 262,230 sq kms• 8 states of Arunachal, Sikkim, Tripura, Manipur,
Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya• Borders Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar &
Bangladesh• Population – 465,000,000 (aprox – 50 mil)• More than 300 overlapping Communities• Forest area Average = more than 50%
BASICS ON NORTH EAST
• History• Threats (Old & New)• Mobilization and Organizing• Special Lessons
STRUCTURE
History
• Jhumia! Theory – Stacking up the Mountains• British! Early 19 Century. Tea and Oil. (1891 –
Asia First Oil Refinery). • 1947 India’s Independence. • Controversial Mergers with India!• Armed Struggles Continues till today• Armed Forces Special Powers Act (1958)
Threats
• 1990s Post Liberalization is threatening• Rivers, Land, Forest, whats beneath not safe• Dams, Mining, Traditional Agriculture and
Production Systems, Forest – Not Safe• State + Corporations • Political Settlements not complete! (old
conflicts)
New Threats
• Trade Corridors/Unlocking the Region• State and Private Companies become ONE! • New Players Bilateral & Multilateral Institutions• Becomes a global playfield • New Definitions of everything like forest becomes
carbon Sink. Not Earning 2 Dollars! You need to come out of poverty!
Forest Categories• State Reserve Forest• Parks, Bio-reserves ….• Community Forest/Un-classified (owned,
controlled & Managed by Communities)
DAMS
Dams in Arunachal State
127 Dams, 59 Dam Builders, 42591 MW, 44 Rivers
TEESTA Anti-Dam STRUGGLES
ANTI DAM PROTEST IN ARUNCHAL
MAPITHEL DAM-CHADONG VILLAGE CHURCH, MANIPUR
HERE WE LOST
Communities Have Defended with their lives.Tawang, Arunachal
OIL Mining
Anti-Oil mining rally
Jubilant Energy NV, Amsterdam has not been able to conduct Public Hearing many times
CLIMATE CHANGE REALATED
BIO-FUEL (Food Vs Oil)REDD+ (now we will pay you for protecting)
Tripura Plantation
BP-D1, Williamson-Magor Jathropa Plantations
REDD+ at Mawphlang in Meghalaya State
A Sacred Grove now a Carbon Sink
Mizoram REDD+ Project
INFRASTRUCTURESUnlocking the North East
Trans Asian Railway linking Portion with South East Asia Component
FOREST INTO CASH CROPSJhum Agriculture!
LIVELIHOOD PROJECTSRUBBER, PALM OIL, COFFEE, TEA, FRUITS,
FLOWERS………
Special Lessons
• Self Determined Future • Self Determined Path of Development • Aggressiveness!• Parliamentary Democracy! leaders become
enemies!• Need to do more! Increase our tribe• We need a push back! Collaborate! Fight