Stuck in semantics: How confusions over forest land definitions keep benefits away from forest dwellers

Ministry believes that the Chhattisgarh government cannot transfer these lands for any purpose without the prior permission of the Government of India

Proposed changes to Forest Conservation Act a larceny of village resources

Proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, are a blunder arising out of ignorance towards constitutionally and legally-bound …

The perversion of centralising coal mining

Questions arise as to why an upcoming process of coal auction is being celebrated as a festival

Pregnant elephant’s death in Kerala shows institutional indifference to wild animals

It is not tough to see how serious the Union and state governments of the country are about wild animals

Chhattisgarh revokes: Forest dept no longer nodal agency for community rights

Chhattisgarh government reinstates the role of the forest department to coordinate claims that are to be filed by communities, …

Forest depts as nodal agency for community forest resources: A political blunder

The Chhattisgarh government issued an order on May 31, making the state forest department the nodal agency for Community Forest Resource Rights