'Community rights must figure in the Forest Bill'

The raging controversy over the regressive draft Forest Bill has dumped the onus of defending it on minister of state for environment and forests …

Panchayats, European style

Fuel for thought

Biogas generation helps save 112 tonnes of fuelwood use annually in a small Bhopal village

Cry neem

There is more to neem than fighting a patent

Promises broken

Dear Prime Minister Koirala we urge you not to learn from India

An award for the people

Three village communities in Rajasthan are awarded for their conservation efforts

Revising an antiquated legislation

The environment ministry is updating the Indian Forest Act, but getting all the states to agree to it may prove to be tricky.

'We need technology, but on our own terms'

Nanuram Rawat was the adhyaksha of the gram sabha in Seed, one of the first gramdan villages where environmental resources have been regenerated …

Return of the woods

Two decades of toil have given back to Seed village in Udaipur a forest that villagers felt had been destroyed forever

Power of the people

As megacities across the world boom, simple pleasures of life like fresh air and clean water have been lost. Initially, governments tried to …

Empowered local governance key for forest restoration and management, finds study

Tree planting drives alone cannot help address climate crisis and biodiversity loss, it highlights

Can permaculture make agriculture sustainable?

Moses of Longleng

How the efforts of an individual brought prosperity to a remote town in the Northeast

Arsenic cleanup

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Permaculture farming, which spread across the West as part of the hippie movement, is fast gaining ground in India among subsistence farmers and …

Why the new UN resolution to fight illegal wildlife trade is historic

For the first time, every country has acknowledged the seriousness of wildlife crime

City with a new concept

A bill in question

The Andhra Pradesh government's move to 'legalise' JFM kicks off a row

Half-hearted democracy

UNDP's Human Development Report 2002 offers a link between politics and development

COVID-19 deals a blow to United States non-profits as funds dry up

At least 25% non-profits laid off or furloughed employees; 69% reported a loss of critical programme volunteers in Arizona

The road ahead

India with its deplorable rural roads can learn a lesson from Madagascar, which has successfully implemented a decentralised system of …

Creating a wonderland

In the barren wildness of the savannahs in Colombia, a visionary establishes an extraordinary community

Words of wisdom

The traditional knowledge of indigenous communities was for a long time viewed with scepticism. Now, the world acknowledges its significance