Two die during an eviction drive in Kaziranga National Park

Without making any arrangements to accommodate the displaced, police fire tear gas on people resisting eviction

About 65 million people were living in forced displacement at the end of 2015

A new report by World Bank assesses the global refugee crisis and examines solutions. Quick facts from the report

World’s forcibly-displaced population hits a record 38 million

Violence over economic disparity key reason for displacement, Syria, Iraq worst-hit countries

Undermined

Ordinance to reform the mining sector will do more harm than good

Bombay high court gives six weeks' time to Lavasa

Asks to submit documents to environment ministry by March 10

Barrages spur protests

Odisha wants to dam surplus water downstream of Hirakud dam. But where’s the surplus?  

Extreme weather impact: 20,000 children displaced every day in last 6 years

At least three of every 10 persons displaced across the world due to weather-related disasters was a child

As Sardar Sarovar dam's gates get shut, 192 villages fear submergence

But the government is not sure who all will get submerged, let alone rehabilitate them

Environmental disasters and climate change force people to cross borders, but they’re not recognised as refugees — they should be

People displaced by adverse weather developments should be given more than temporary protection

Unusually long La Niña displaced record number of people in 2022

In India, disasters were mostly weather-related and displaced 2.5 million people in 2022, according to the Global Report on Internal Displacement

New Joshimath: Activist demands town on the lines of ‘New Tehri’. But where will it come up?

Land subsidence is a ‘silent disaster’ that has taken hold of the Uttarakhand Himalayas; around 500 villages in the state are already …

Forced migration: Lack of global political will poses challenge for proper response, says report

By the end of 2020, 86 per cent people displaced across borders lived in countries with developing economies.   

Gujarat police crack down on Narmada Bachao Andolan rally; Medha Patkar detained

Rally was a protest against government for not carrying out rehabilitation work for people affected by Sardar Sarovar Dam

Famine creeps in on Africa while the world’s media looks elsewhere

The western media's focus on events at home like the US elections and the UK Brexit referendum has come at the expense of reporting on the famine …

Pindar’s last gush

Dam proposed on the last unrestricted tributary of Alaknanda stirs valley residents

Under threat

A proposed dam is set to change the landscape in the Pindar ghati--host to the last free flowing tributary of the Alaknanda. Bharat Lal Seth …

Jharkhand Assembly elections: parties ignore deforestation, displacement and pollution

Corruption and political stability on political parties’ agenda; 55 candidates have criminal charges pending against them

How India fared environmentally: State of India’s Environment 2023 In Figures

Central African Republic in grip of food crisis

Cereal production and livestock reaing have been affected to a great extent

Brazil forest fire threatens local tribe

Loggers have been accused of starting fires to drive away the indigenous people

Climate change will be a growing driver of global migration: experts

Though not visible behind exodus decisions, climate matters certainly play a part

Andhra government should immediately compensate tribals displaced by Polavaram project

Scientific assessment of ecosystem services should be carried out for quantifying the compensation

Work with nature, not against it in Anthropocene: Human Development Report

New social norms, improved incentives could usher in a new era for humanity, without human-generated pressures on Earth

FAC gives final clearance to North Koel dam project in Jharkhand

The project will impact 15 villages in the Palamau Tiger Reserve, and the people have been protesting against the project

NCST notes irregularities in employment of tribals displaced by Rourkela Steel Plant

The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes directed officials to report back on actions taken on the issue within a month