Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava

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Journalist and Co-founder at Land Conflict Watch

Forest Rights Act 2006 Forests India Supreme Court Tribals Compensation Madhya Pradesh POSCO Minor Forest Produce Maharashtra

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विश्व हाथी दिवस पर विशेष: क्यों दंतविहीन होते जा रहे हैं गजराज

वैज्ञानिकों और वन विभाग के अनुमान के मुताबिक, उत्तर-पूर�…

Food

World Food Day: investing in food security for a better future

As the number of hungry people is on the rise again globally, we must invest in rural development to drive about a change

Governance

Indigenous people in India and the web of indifference

On the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we bring together the stories of exclusion, oppression, and at times, recognition

Food

Small sweet success

Farmers in the Western Ghats warm up to wonder fruit kokum after local organisations create a market for it

Wildlife & Biodiversity

A roar in captivity

A Ranthambore tiger wakes up the world community

Agriculture

Off to another bad start

A failed monsoon this year could mean sixth consecutive crop failure in most parts of the country. The government must immediately prepare a long-…

Why Marathwada is becoming a graveyard for farmers

Season after season of failed crops is pushing farmers to the brink of desperation, while the inaction of the Maharashtra government is allowing …

Centre ignores certifying agency

Private players set up forest certification body even as the ministry, which manages 90 per cent of the forests, gives it a cold shoulder

Governance

Indian government to introduce a Bill to unlock CAMPA funds

States had been demanding the release of more funds from CAMPA

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Militants poaching rhinos in Kaziranga

247 accused arrested with high-end arms, but no poacher convicted for killing 149 rhinos in five years

Supreme Court strikes down Section 66A, IT Act

Apex court call the provision in Information Technology Act as infringement of fundamental right of citizens to seek information

With more tigers now, government decides to redistribute big cat

Calls for conservation of tigers outside tiger reserves as well

Forests

National body to formulate standards for forest certification

Forest departments, however, may be reluctant to subject government forests to scrutiny

Allow rich people with large farmlands to keep tigers as pets, says MP minister

Kusum Singh Mahdele has written to the government asking it to consider domesticating lions and tigers as a method of conservation

Indigenous civil engineers

Traditional earth diggers and masons, who mined the Bhatti area of the Aravallis for decades, dig in their heels as the Delhi administration …

Forests

Forestry, the Mexican way

India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411

Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand

‘Claims of Forest Rights Act holding up growth are bogus'

In fact, states are holding up recognition of forest rights in the areas where big-ticket projects are planned, say forest dwelling community …

With 274 tiger deaths in four years, India records highest toll between two censuses

Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three years were reported outside tiger reserves

T S R Subramanian panel proposes new law, institutions to fast track green clearances

High level committee formed by Modi government to review green laws proposes a new Act under which full-time expert bodies will be set up for …

Immortal, yet going extinct

Despite the ability to regenerate its heart and brain, axolotl, an amphibian found only in Mexico, is close to extinction

Forests

Battle over oil, coal & forests

A new roadblock

Tribal affairs ministry objects to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that violate FRA. Other ministeries pressure it to backtrack

Ministers mount pressure to dilute Forest Rights Act

Tribal affairs minister asked to withdraw objections to Maharashtra’s Village Forest Rules that allow forest department take control over …

Don’t take away Gram Sabha’s powers under FRA: activists petition Modi

‘Central government's attempts to do away with consent of Gram Sabhas for diverting forests unconstitutional’

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