Representing Indigenous Sacred Land: The Case of the Niyamgiri Movement in India

Borde, Radhika; Bluemling, Bettina

doi:10.1080/10455752.2020.1730417

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“…In India, the Dongria Kondh of Odisha succeeded in having their sacred mountain acknowledged as such by the Supreme Court, where they opposed the Vedanta Aluminium Company's interests (Borde & Bluemling, 2021). In New Guinea, the Yonggom were affected by pollution from the Ok Tedi copper and gold mine and compared the mining company's behavior to the way sorcerers ignore social relations when they harm others (Kirsch, 2006).…”

Section: Competing Threads Of Knowledgementioning

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Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability

Carrin

2024

The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal

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In this article, “indigenous knowledge” and its relationship to tradition and to reinvented religion are explored. Indigenous people around the world have a rich body of knowledge about the ecology of the local flora and fauna and of ecosystem processes, accumulated and applied through many generations of observation and experience. But this knowledge extends to the entire process of “dwelling” ( Ingold, 2000 ) in their habitat, including particular ways of thinking and acting that may be seen to constitute a “habitus” in Bourdieu’s sense.

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Section: Competing Threads Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability

Carrin

2024

The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal

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“…The guardianship of the environment and natural resources by Dongria Kondh is regarded to be one of the key contributors for the area's biodiversity. The Niyamgiri Movement was successful in stopping the mining project, which helped to preserve the Dongria Kondhs' traditional and natural legacy as well as forest conservation (Borde R. & Bluemling B. 2021).…”

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Recognizing Role of Indigenous Communities in Biodiversity Conservation in India: An Analysis

KAUMUDHI CHALLA et al.

2023

RLJ

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The indigenous communities and biodiversity conservation are very closely inter-related and complementary to each other. Since ages, these communities have helped to evolve, nurture and protect the ecosystems in a sustainable manner. In India, since the ancient times, the indigenous communities have lived in harmony with nature and have played a vital role in protecting and conserving the forests and biodiversity. However, with passage of time and due to the socio-economic-political changes, the forests have become the property of the State and the indigenous communities have slowly been marginalised and separated from their traditional land and livelihood due to the developmental projects. This separation of the indigenous communities from land, forests and biodiversity has resulted in the destruction and deterioration of biodiversity. Thus, despite their critical role in conservation of biodiversity and ensuring resilient and healthy planet for people, the indigenous communities are often neglected and marginalized in environmental and developmental policies. In contemporary times, as the legal discourses focus on biodiversity conservation and protection it is essential to recognise the role played by indigenous communities in biodiversity conservation. In this context, this article examines the various ways in which biodiversity was conserved and the role of indigenous communities in biodiversity conservation in India. It tries to identify the reasons for exclusion of indigenous communities and its impact on biodiversity. Further, it attempts to analyse whether the Indian legal framework, particularly the environmental legislations contain any provisions recognizing role of indigenous communities in biodiversity conservation. Lastly the article attempts to give pragmatic solutions to include indigenous communities in biodiversity conservation in India.

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“…The Niyamgiri movement of Odisha offers a classic case to understand the dynamics of contemporary environmental movements, which often defy geographical boundaries and create disjuncture between place of origin and space of contestation. As an anti-corporate resistance raising concerns over environmental degradation (Samantara, 2006), dispossession and displacement of tribal communities (Rout & Patnaik, 2014), cultural genocide and violation of human rights of indigenous population (Padel & Das, 2010), the Niyamgiri movement has drawn sufficient scholarly attention in the recent past (Borde, 2017; Borde & Bluemling, 2020; Chandra, 2016; Krishnan & Naga, 2017; Kumar, 2014b; Mukherjee, 2020; Temper & Martinez-Alier, 2013). Yet, limited scholarly attention has been paid to explore the organisation networks, which remained crucial in helping the Niyamgiri movement transgress the boundaries.…”

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Global Local Linkages in Contemporary Environmental Movements: Networking, Diffusion and Scale Shift in the Niyamgiri Movement of Odisha

Rout

2022

Sociological Bulletin

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Taking the tribal resistance against Vedanta Alumina at Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha in India as a case in point, the present article deciphers the nuances of contemporary environmental movements. It discusses the manner in which movements like Niyamgiri address global environmental issues with local environmental actions. It examines the issue of scale shift of environmental activism and the process in which a local struggle over livelihood and resource capture becomes a global environmental movement. It unravels the subtle negotiations that the local agents of the movement engage in with their global counterparts. The major arguments of the article are based on empirical research at the site of contestation with the help of qualitative methods. The article vividly narrates the emergence of the Niyamgiri movement from that of a localised struggle against land acquisition to that of a transnational movement raising serious ecological concerns, which bridges the gap between the local and global in contemporary environmental movements. It argues that rather than an emphasis on ‘locale’, the point of departure should be the movement’s ability to establish networks with related as well as non-related social movement organisations, who share similar concerns with nature, and are ready to be a part of the mobilisation process.

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Representing Indigenous Sacred Land: The Case of the Niyamgiri Movement in India

Cited by 11 publications

References 43 publications

Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability

Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability

Recognizing Role of Indigenous Communities in Biodiversity Conservation in India: An Analysis

Global Local Linkages in Contemporary Environmental Movements: Networking, Diffusion and Scale Shift in the Niyamgiri Movement of Odisha

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