Nitin Sethi

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The pig-headed species

Overzealous conservationists block progress at CITES meet (Read full article)

Double whammy

Two proposed moves that could drastically alter forest management in India

Dialogues of identity

Bird song on tape

One step forward, many steps back

Some recent amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act could infuse new life into a fusty act, but there are others that threaten to pull matters back

Worldly wise

India hardsells its troubled protected areas abroad

Uttaranchal's pastoralists deliberate over saving their depleting pastures

Uttaranchal's pastoralists discuss depleting pasturelands

Scripting a struggle

Tribals fight for the right to write their way

Long yarn

The cotton story is a tangled tale. In many parts of India, farmers are committing suicide. It's been a while Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and now …

Private affairs

The invitation was innocuous. The Confederation of Indian Industry (cii) -- the grouping of the large and most powerful industries -- was …

Sumdwellers displaced for a cleaner Yamuna

Slums dumped out of sight

Amongst those who count the dead in Manipur

Guns and poses

The Tripura government's plan to secure development for tribals

After the People met

The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the 'People's Budget'?

Catch the prey

To count the tiger

Stop trade

Soligas harvested forest produce. For them, it was a sustainable business. Then, irrationally, government moved to

Defiant

The Bilirangan Temple Sanctuary in Karnataka bristles with angry Soligas. Their sustenance denied, the tribals deliberate their next move

Mastering wildlife

A non-governmental organisation starts a post-graduate course on conservation

Meet Deben Bora

As field researchers will tell, you don't get up one fine morning and cut through an unknown forest in search of an elusive animal species. Even …

How do we view the Bawaria community?

Are the Bawarias of Rajasthan hunters, nomads or a tribe of criminals?

A new Northeast magazine

Grassroots Options is about development or the lack of it in the northeast

Documenting the Northeast's tribal laws

Land is central to the tribal identity in the region too easily abbreviated 'northeast'. Jeuti baruah knows this too well. As director of the Law …

Net gain

Villagers around Tawa reservoir in Madhya Pradesh are finally allowed to retain fishing rights

Tribals become anthropologists

An academy that aims at converting tribals to anthropology; where the Bhils crossover from being mere objects of study to an active role in …

Half-measure

NAFTA tribunal's ban on potential carcinogen leaves larger environmental issues unaddressed

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