Return of scented wood

Private cultivation of sandalwood is catching up in India, but it will be a long wait for farmers to reap benefits and for India to regain its …

Forest fires singe Nagzira sanctuary

Tendu leaf contractors are prime suspects

Clearing forests for coal

Custodian violates forest rights

MoEF clears projects in forests without settling land rights of people  

Forest dwellers intensify protest

21 years on, profit sharing under joint forest management remains unclear in Maharashtra

Forest dwellers intensify protest

21 years on, profit sharing under joint forest management remains unclear in Maharashtra

‘Tribal philosophy can’t be ignored beyond a point’

At a time when climate change is emerging as a reality, indigenous people are eager to give-up their low-carbon lifestyle and join the bandwagon …

Adanis may have to leave Tadoba

10 villages to get forest benefits

Maharashtra to finally give JFM villages their due, but the share is bigger, say activists

Sapped for sal seed

Despite abundant produce, seed collecting Baigas earn little

Tree is not timber

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

Bamboo sale for bamboo rights

A Maharashtra village demands rights to transport and sell forest produce

Rewa tribals suffer high handedness

Quit Wardha

Gandhi ashram protests polluting pig iron plant nearby

Maharashtra forest department bans collection of tendu leaves from areas prone to forest fires

Tendu contractors and gram panchayats to be responsible for prevention and extinguishing of fires

Forest titles only on paper

Officials deny tribal village its forest management rights      

Buffer zone for Tadoba reserve

79 villages to stay  

Tribals challenge forest department

For mining Tadoba tiger reserve

Maharashtra muddies bamboo rights

Activists say forest department trying to dilute Forest Rights Act

Village bullied for using its forest

Forest department registers offence against a gram sabha for felling bamboo clusters

Bamboo still a distant dream

No village in Maharashtra other than Mendha Lekha has been able to access bamboo

Betrayal via bamboo

Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents

Bamboo freed

Maharashtra village India’s first to win right to harvest bamboo. Eyes now on other forest produce

Maharashtra lost over 1,500 sq km forests in 30 years

Reason: development projects and encroachments