Mautak will flower

In 2006-2007, a bamboo species will flower over vast swathes of Mizoram, Tripura and Assam. When bamboo flowers, it dies; usually a famine follows.…

Lost in interpretation - Maharashtra

Bamboo sale for bamboo rights

A Maharashtra village demands rights to transport and sell forest produce

Forest titles only on paper

Officials deny tribal village its forest management rights      

Dhinkia steel plant: Villagers block entry points with bamboo structures to oppose JSW project

The resistance came after police officials entered Dhinkia to arrest “anti-industry” villagers December 4

Kalahandi forest dwellers allege FRA violation by state forest department

Activists say that in 3 villages of Kalahand district, the Odisha forest department is imposing on the rights of forest …

Sour and sweet - Gujarat

High-risk trade

MFP is a renewable, reliable source of income, but faces many threats

100 gram sabhas in Odisha’s Kalahandi district to assert rights on bamboo, kendu

In Odisha, both these commodities are nationalised, thereby curtailing the rights of the people on them

Bamboo will soon be declassified as a tree to encourage use and supply

Currently, bamboo is considered a tree under the Indian Forest Act and a non-timber forest produce under the Forest Rights Act 

Bamboo now a minor forest produce

Meghalaya redefines forest

Experts fear the new definition may open up large tracts of forest for non-forest use

No transparency - Andhra Pradesh

Among the non-believers

A forester’s  perspective on green governance

Maharashtra muddies bamboo rights

Activists say forest department trying to dilute Forest Rights Act

Bamboo flowering

People in northeast India fear bamboo flowering. According to an ancient belief when bamboos flower, there is death and destruction.

Forest dept in Odisha oversteps FRA rules, complain tribal rights activists

They say that Kalahandi district’s divisional forest officer issued a transit permit to take bamboo out of forest land when he has no right …

UN report outlines how developing, developed countries can reduce emissions from constructions

If India uses recycled materials, it could reduce emissions in the material cycle of residential buildings by 50-70 per cent

Odisha forest department overrides FRA to make its own rules

Forest department is coercing villagers into following some measures without which their rights over collecting bamboo will be cancelled

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

Potato shield for bamboo

Coatings of potato starch can protect bamboo shoots from microbes and browning

Price tag for tendu, bamboo

Government struggles to calculate cost of forest produce