151 groups write to PMO, alleging misleading claims, executive overreach and actions that threaten the constitutional and legal rights of forest-dwelling communities

Guidelines come in the backdrop of stakeholders lacking clear and synchronised rules for felling trees grown on agricultural land

In an attempt to reduce human-wildlife conflicts around Jim Corbett National Park, the Uttarakhand forest department is replacing teak and eucalyptus plantations with native and fruit-bearing trees