Forests

In Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, farmers cultivate their fields alongside forested hills, where agriculture and ecology remain closely connected.
Muthanga verdict raises disturbing questions about the law reaching the powerless through the criminal process, and not the powerful
The silent burden of Adivasi women: Development must begin with dignity and justice
India approved diversion of 215,943 hectares of forestland in 12 years
Centre’s forest rights letter could weaken Gram Sabha authority, experts warn
Simply Put: Route to devastation
Two-thirds of India’s 58 tiger reserves have either declining prey base or poor habitat or both; nine have zero or critically low tiger numbers, says government report  
India needs to rethink the way it approaches environmental compensation
Rethinking conservation: There is a boom in India’s tigers and most of it its outside protected areas
What do Asiatic wild dogs or dholes in India eat? Mostly chital and sambar and hardly any livestock, says study
Exploring continuity and change in India’s forests
Unprotected protectors: Bundelkhand’s sacred groves are thriving without any law to save them
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