The proposed amendment of IFA is an attempt to keep power in the hands of the forest bureaucracy by playing up village forests against …

The proposed amendment comes at a time when forest dwellers’ rights are being threatened even when there is FRA

A Geneva-based non-profit recently decided to endorse the Certification Standard for Sustainable Forest Management designed for Indian forests

The draft, which has been prepared with focus on conservation and climate change, has been sent to states seeking comments

Read this to abreast yourself with the whole issue of Forest Rights Act and tribals’ rights that has made its way to the Supreme Court

Forest commons can play a critical role in facilitating the resilience of India’s response to climate change

India cannot achieve this Paris Agreement target without political commitment at both central and state government levels

While forests under private ownership have already been destroyed with cash crops, if the provisions of the Act are further relaxed the state&…

The country’s greenery suffered several blows in the past year as it was compromised for vertical growth and authorities could not curb …

The country has not been able to raise its carbon emission reduction rate from 12 per cent for the last decade

The environment ministry has started comprehensively amending the Act by “weeding out” and updating obsolete provisions

Five years after 20 villages in the district got their Community Forest Rights titles, their Gram Sabhas have developed a draft of their …