Aravallis razed
Repeated court orders fail to save part of the primitive mountain range in Alwar from mining
अपने नीड़ में लौटते विस्थापित बैगा
कोयला खदानों के कारण सिंगरौली के सिधिखुर्ग, तिय्यरा, झांझी, सिधिकला और हर्रहवा गांव के 3088 लोग विस्थापित हुए थे। मुआवजा वितरण और पुनर्वास में ...
Parliamentary panel gives more teeth to Compensatory Afforestation Fund
However the panel’s report tabled in this budget session misses the forests for the trees
Uttarakhand sits on forest right claims settlement for two years in a row
With the state assembly election around the corner, the model code of conduct is the favourite excuse for non implementation of FRA
Much to farmers' dismay, Centre slashes prices of non-timber forest products
Modi government’s attempt at rationalising prices of forest products is likely to hit Adivasi farmers the most
10 highlights of the new draft national forest policy
On June 15, India's environment ministry placed the draft national forest policy in public domain for comments and suggestions. It is slated …
Mahan at all costs
How government bent all rules to ensure Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh goes to Essar and Hindalco for mining coal
Bastar witnessed more forest fires than Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal
FSI’s satellite data show that while Pauri Garhwal recorded 471 instances of forest fires, the highest in Uttarakhand, Bastar recorded 555 …
Power producers want government to relax norms for thermal power plants
The new norms announced late last year by the environment ministry have made domestic power producers anxious
Himachal Pradesh launches eviction drive, ignores forest rights of tribal farmers
More than 10,000 plots across the state’s forest areas have been identified for eviction
City on trial
Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan
Ten years of FRA: only 3 per cent of forest dwellers’ rights recognised
Collective rights to undo historic injustice meted out to indigenous people remain completely ignored by the states, says Citizens’ report
Environment ministry not to challenge green tribunal verdict on hydro project in Tawang
Arunachal Pradesh, which is considered a powerhouse for generation of hydroelectricity, is increasingly facing protests from local communities …
The lull sets in
Scientists warn that conditions are favourable for another sal borer epidemic. State forest departments are unprepared
A phoenix of a tribe
A nomadic community in Odisha insisted on its right to live and farm even after forest officials burnt its houses
An order of chaos
National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future …
Gas-based two wheelers launched to curb air pollution
As per the idle emission test, the hydrocarbon emissions from CNG retrofitted two-wheelers are 75 per cent lesser as compared to their petrol-…
Supreme Court foils Odisha government’s bid to takeover the sacred Niyamgiri Hils
The apex court asked the state government to file a fresh plea with all the stakeholders including the Dongria Kondhs on board
Assam not a necessary party to hydel power development in Arunachal, says green tribunal
Tribunal ignores recommendations of Assam GoM on conducting cumulative impact study on hydropower projects in upstream state
MoEFCC revises fly ash notification
Fly ash to be given free of cost for agricultural and construction purposes says MoEFCC official at CSE conference
Dense forests lost; increase in net green cover: Forest Survey of India 2015
While northeastern states are the most hit, Andaman & Nicobar Islands gained maximum forests
Rights overruled
States are making their own rules to reclaim the authority over forests from tribes, derailing community forest rights
Essar, Hindalco get final clearance to mine Mahan forests for coal
Opening Mahan for mining might speed up clearance to other coal-bearing forest areas in the district, fear activists
Individual units in investment zones exempted from public hearing
New environment ministry policy says NMIZs need obtain only one time environmental clearance