Bamboo rising
Five years after it was implemented, the Forest Rights Act finally takes root. Communities across the country rush to claim rights over forests …
Winter pollution set in Greater Mumbai 2 weeks earlier this year: CSE
Mumbai can no longer depend on its geography to mitigate winter pollution, says CSE analysis
Forest dwellers intensify protest
21 years on, profit sharing under joint forest management remains unclear in Maharashtra
Tulsi Fights Fluorosis
Fluoride levels in drinking water in 196 districts of 19 Indian states are much higher than the maximum concentration of 1.5 parts per million (…
Border conflict
Clashes between wild animals and farmers are rising along forest fringes. But the government is yet to gauge their intensity, forget developing a …
Big idea
Monsoon vegetable jackfruit has caught the fancy of entrepreneurs in India, one of its biggest producers
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 14, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Betrayal via bamboo
Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents
Maharashtra villages agitate for share from forest produce
Stall auction of produce from the forests they protect under joint forest management programme; forest department owes them Rs 85 lakh
Happily uprooted
A well-calculated compensation plan eases relocation pain of forest dwellers from the core area of Melghat Tiger Reserve
Maharashtra to allow coal mines closer to rivers
Relaxation of river zone regulation law will damage rivers and even mines, say environmentalists
Angry Vidarbha farmers vote for BJP
Congress loses its bastion for failing to implement poverty alleviation schemes and inadequate disaster relief for farmers in distress
Green tribunal seeks details on radiation from thermal power plants
People opposing expansion of Koradi thermal plant near Nagpur furnish evidence on high radiation from coal-fired plants
3 tiger cubs mowed by train in Vidarbha forest
The bodies were discovered on Thursday morning; the mother is suspected to be in the vicinity
Not par for the coarse
Rice originated in India
Fresh evidence from dung of dinosaurs changes many conceptions
Kolam tribals in Maharashtra struggling to get their land back
Home sunk home
Coal blocked
Near Tadoba Andhari reserve
Maharashtra’s largest thermal power plant spewing poison over Chandrapur
Pollution control board does nothing except take bank guarantees from plant management
Clearing forests for coal
Tadoba park closed
Reservoir levels dip in Maharashtra, may hit major power plants
Koyna hydro power plant already closed due to water crunch
Adanis may have to leave Tadoba