Tribal women Fight to get Ownership of their Traditional Land in Odisha to conserve their Forest

Ranapur, October 26, 2016: The tribal women of Gunduribadi village of eastern Odisha state do an early morning patrol to conserve their forest. About four decades ago, the commercial timber and bamboo were stolen from the forest. The groundwater of the forest was depleted and streams of the Nayagarh district dried. The tribal people were forced…