No consensus on FRA review

Top forest officials and National Forest Rights Act Committee engage in a war of words

Millions to be moved away from Three Gorges Dam

Violence at POSCO site

Clashes erupt as government resumes construction of coastal road at Jagatsinghpur in Odisha

2010 World Cup revamp: squatters evicted from Jo'burg

Mahan at all costs

How government bent all rules to ensure Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh goes to Essar and Hindalco for mining coal

Environmental clearance for Polavaram quashed

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22 million people displaced by natural disasters globally last year

Floods, storms and quakes displaced 19 million people in Asia alone

Tribals arrested, lathi-charged for demanding rehabilitation

Madhya Pradesh government starts dam construction without clearances

MoEF's forest panel rejects Dibang, Tipaimukh hydel projects

Diversion of large tracts of forests,impact on wildlife and people’s livelihoods cited as main reasons; ball now in minister’s court

Never equal

What does development-engineered displacement mean for the other half?

Out of mind and sight

'The temples of modern India', its mega dams, have thrown the lives of many out of gear

Thick-skinned policies

Dozens of families displaced from Gujarat villages in the vicinity of the Sardar Sarovar dam years back have returned to their original homes …

Undermining existence

Extensive coal mining in Raniganj, Bihar, has not only displaced communities but has also affected the lifestyle of the locals

When the land shouts

Van Gujjars in the Shivalik foothills vociferously claim managing authority of the Rajaji National Park

It's a damp squib

Lack of respect for facts and a strong ideology guided by Judaic-Christian thought dominate the report

A monumental failure

The report on the Sardar Sarovar does not address crucial issues like water-saving technologies, lowering the dam height and reducing the size of …

Land of sufferance

People of a village in Orissa wage a battle against mining companies to protect their lands

Displacing a livelihood

How do we rehabilitate development project oustees?

We cannot turn the clock back

The need of the hour is to reconcile apparently irreconcilable interests

The cheap car spin-off

Long road to justice

The new land acquisition bill promises much but has little to ensure delivery

Dear friends

Hunger strikes forest’s exiles

Once called lords of the jungle, Baiga groups in Madhya Pradesh are starving on the margins of Kanha National Park. Shriya Mohan chronicles their …