Vignettes from Sri Lanka's cloud country

In Sri Lanka, organic farmers draw inspiration from endemic practices such as home gardens or analog forestry, and have also adapted ‘…

Bhutan: Pursuit of happiness

Karma Tshiteem is the secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission, the novel name of Bhutan’s Planning Commission. He tells Aditya …

Lost in woods

Environmentalists see red over wildlife bill in Bangladesh

‘Forests can’t survive without communities’

Nepal’s Forest Act of 1993, which allows communities to manage their forests, is admired and emulated by governments and movements across …

Forests for people

Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty  

Just like a forest

Analog forestry mimics a forest to create an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape