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: The Paharia-Kamar people of Odisha living in remote areas of the State like the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary have been deprived of their inclusion in the list of Scheduled Tribes in Odisha although their kith and kin in neighbouring Chhattisgarh are enlisted as one of the Primarily Vulnerable
Claims filed in 2020 through the Van Mitra Portal were rejected without sharing the reason for the same with the claimants
Set up in colonial times, local institutions, called Van Panchayats, have played an effective role in managing and protecting forests in Uttarakhand