Corporate wastelands
Tamil Nadu seems set to gift community land to corporates under the name of wasteland regeneration
Model development
Every village has its own way of protecting the forests, but each one is a success story
At loggerheads
While the state government is keen to introduce JFM, villagers say there is no need for that since they have been carrying out all protection …
Message in a baton
The decades after Independence saw rampant destruction of trees. This was followed by years of drought. It was then that the villagers realised …
Farmers can only teach traditional knowledge
P S Ramakrishnan , former director of G B Pant University in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh and currently professor at the School of Environmental …
Last mile smile
Communities are coming together in Jharkhand to create vigilance mechanisms to enforce food entitlement programmes
Spreading root
OLD ROOTS, NEW SHOOTS: A STUDY OF JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT IN ANDHRA PRADESH·C S Rangachari and S D Mukherji·Winrock International …
On The Warpath
They prefer to be called the 'forest castes'. They are the 2,000,000-odd villagers living in some 10,000 villages across Orissa. After …
Banking on variety
Himachal villagers resist pine monoculture, reclaim forests for fodder
How Chunar, a small town in UP, is combating COVID-19
How awareness drives involving local bodies, distribution of PPEs and other equipment, helped turn the COVID-19 situation around
Shock treatment
Nightmarish laws and an insensitive government keeps thousands in the dark
Global grid
Whether it is Asia or Europe, countries find a new mantra: decentralise and electrify
Micropowerful
A microhydel project a day. Communities snatch the initiative from the government to electrify rural Nepal
Power the people
For the country where only 15 per cent of its population have access to electricity, Nepal has come a long way. It took 84 years to achieve power …
Making a beginning
Community management of natural resources is still in the nascent stage
NEEDED: A WAKE-UP CALL
Foresters need to throw away their blinkers. Scientists need to prioritise areas of research
Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation
Proactive planning
It's not about fighting the problem later, it's about pre-empting the problem. Measures against air pollution and plastics are all about taking …
Three avenues, one goal
The focus is on development of hydropower, industries and food production: how sustainably can the targets be achieved?
TRAMPLED DESTINIES
What happens if conservation is based on half-baked knowledge? Ask a person rendered homeless by wildlife managers "No conservation strategy …
WORKING IN ISOLATION
A mutual lack of trust and understanding between forest officials and wildlife scientists may be responsible for the mismanagement of India's …
CONSERVATION TO DEATH
Misguided conservation efforts are leading to depletion of biodiversity and exploitation of poor people
High Altitude Dilemma
It is an intriguing view from the high mountains of Bhutan. To the east lies Nepal, grappling large-scale environmental degradation. To the north …
Drought is in the mind
GOOD NEWS: There is more evidence to show that water harvesting can go a long way in dealing with drought and solving the water crisis, and even …
Political harvest
Report card: A scheme that can help solve the water crisis has become a tool to promote political interests of the ruling party Success level: Poor