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More than two decades after SC order, deemed forests still undefined
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More than two decades after SC order, deemed forests still undefined

The Forest Advisory Committee recently asked states to come up with a criterion and identify these forests
October 15, 2019
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What Aarey case means for forest land classification
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What Aarey case means for forest land classification

Bombay High Court dismisses Aarey petitions
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Bombay High Court dismisses Aarey petitions
‘Attacks against land rights activists rising in India, Asia’
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‘Attacks against land rights activists rising in India, Asia’
Nasa satellite imagery finds tremendous changes in Amazon in last 40 years
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Nasa satellite imagery finds tremendous changes in Amazon in last 40 years

The scale of losses in forests land, increase in pasture land, shift in land use policy driven by economic forces are seen nowhere else in the world
October 01, 2019
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What if not single-use plastics? Why not leaf cutlery?
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What if not single-use plastics? Why not leaf cutlery?

Leaf plates and spoons could help in combating climate change and also bring adivasis out of poverty
October 01, 2019
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Centre, US agency launch Forest-PLUS 2.0
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Centre, US agency launch Forest-PLUS 2.0

Five-year programme to focus on improving status of forests in three terrains in Bihar, Kerala and Telangana
September 26, 2019
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Gabon to get $150 million to preserve its forests
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Gabon to get $150 million to preserve its forests

Norway signs a 10-year deal to help the African nation become the first in the continent to get paid to cut greenhouse emissions from deforestation
September 24, 2019
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Apocalypse? Red skies over Indonesian province due to haze
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Apocalypse? Red skies over Indonesian province due to haze

Scientists have said that the colour is due to a scientific phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering
September 23, 2019
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New Delhi Declaration dilutes role of international funding bodies, tenurial issues
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New Delhi Declaration dilutes role of international funding bodies, tenurial issues

Overall the Declaration has downplayed the role of global financial institutions, tenurial rights of people, and delinks UNCCD from other Rio mandated scientific bodies like IPCC and IPBES
September 13, 2019
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Govt committed to giving land titles to eligible forest dwellers: Javadekar
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Govt committed to giving land titles to eligible forest dwellers: Javadekar

He also defended the Centre’s role in the case questioning the FRA’s validity
September 13, 2019
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Final arguments in FRA case to begin on November 26
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Final arguments in FRA case to begin on November 26

The court admitted all Intervention Applications even as the Centre’s representative, the Solicitor General, remained absent
September 12, 2019
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The Amazon’s tallest tree just got 50% taller – and scientists don’t know how
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The Amazon’s tallest tree just got 50% taller – and scientists don’t know how

At 88m tall, it dwarfs the previous record holders by almost 30 m
September 12, 2019
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In Brazil’s rainforests, the worst fires are likely still to come
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In Brazil’s rainforests, the worst fires are likely still to come

Bolsonaro inherited weakened environment laws that he seems to be bent on weakening further
September 09, 2019
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FRA in SC: 3 intervention applications from Wildlife First ahead
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FRA in SC: 3 intervention applications from Wildlife First ahead

The apex court will decide whether to take them up in September 12 hearing 
September 09, 2019
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FRA: Deadline gone, states yet to submit data on rejected claims to FSI
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FRA: Deadline gone, states yet to submit data on rejected claims to FSI

The Supreme Court had ordered states that had not given requisite data to the FSI by August 31
September 06, 2019
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UNCCD CoP: Centre unclear how states are spending money allotted for forests
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UNCCD CoP: Centre unclear how states are spending money allotted for forests

The 14th Finance Commission had given 7.5 per cent weightage to forest cover
September 05, 2019
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Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas
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Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas

Presence of plantations and livestock significantly increased parasite diversity in wildlife owing to possible spillover, find researchers
September 05, 2019
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70% of global forests at risk of degradation: UNCCD report
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70% of global forests at risk of degradation: UNCCD report

The Amazon, Borneo and the Greater Mekong regions will lose the most forest cover by 2030, it says
September 04, 2019
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Plants can recover after being burned, so why might some species in the Amazon face local wipe out?
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Plants can recover after being burned, so why might some species in the Amazon face local wipe out?
September 03, 2019
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At UNCCD CoP, Babul Supriyo talks JFM but remains mum on FRA
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At UNCCD CoP, Babul Supriyo talks JFM but remains mum on FRA

This, despite the fact that the Joint Forest Management model has become obsolete with the coming of the Forest Rights Act
September 02, 2019
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Indigenous people not given their due for conserving forests: UNCCD report
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Indigenous people not given their due for conserving forests: UNCCD report

The report says that despite them being the best custodians of forests globally, indigenous people are criminalised and intimidated
August 30, 2019
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African grasslands are meant to burn – we can't let this distract from the Amazon fires
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African grasslands are meant to burn – we can't let this distract from the Amazon fires

The world should be more bothered about the Amazon than about the fires in Africa's savnnahs
August 29, 2019
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ICFRE-ICIMOD’s REDD+ Himalayan programme extended till 2020
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ICFRE-ICIMOD’s REDD+ Himalayan programme extended till 2020

Launched in January 2016 in Mizoram, the project addressed the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in India's Himalayan states 
August 28, 2019
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Meet Sasi Mausi: A sentinel of Odisha forest
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Meet Sasi Mausi: A sentinel of Odisha forest

This sexagenarian fought timber mafia half her life to reclaim forest hills
August 20, 2019
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