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Community Network Against Protected Areas

CNAPA is a coalition of Indigenous peoples and forest-dwelling communities, Gram Sabha/Village Council federations, activists, journalists and academics from across India. CNAPA came into being to debunk the idea of protected areas and advocate for justice, rights, and dignity of Indigenous and forest-dwelling communities through dialogues, resistance and cross-solidarity. This community network is committed to strengthening peoples’ movements against the destructive idea of militarised fortress conservation imposed upon communities. We work together to dismantle the extractive-colonial-capitalist-casteist conservation model that is inherent to protected areas and to ensure that forests, peoples and animals continue to live as equals.