Bastar’s Indigenous Communities Under Threat - India

Bastar’s Indigenous Communities Under Threat - India

In central India’s Chhattisgarh state, in the forested, hilly region of Bastar, Indigenous Peoples known as Adivasis are facing a combination of militarization, arrests, and mining expansion that together threaten their lives, livelihoods and governance systems. Spanning roughly 33,000 square kilometers, Bastar is a biodiverse and ecologically sensitive area, home to approximately 2.7 million people, around two thirds of whom are Adivasis – Indi…