It’s my land, not yours

How it is acquired

Another India is (not) ours

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 …

India's poorest people live in the richest areas Comments from the dialogue on mining organised by CSE

A rose or a ladder?

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

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 …

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

Village in arms

Jharkhand tribals up against mining companies

Remembering Kalinganagar - Will cheap and dirty industrialization work?

Theirs to mine?

This is the question angry and beleaguered tribals in Orissa and Jharkhand are asking, as mining companies set up shop in the midst of their land …

Life after coalgate

As the apex court cancels 214 illegal coal blocks, people fighting against mining rejoice. But they are uncertain about the land already taken, …

Debate over effects of biomass extraction in forests

Public hearing for Posco project in Orissa inconclusive

UP farmers continue protest over land acquisition by Reliance

Red said go

West Bengal's Left Front government is all set to displace farmers

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

At death's door

Around three million people are estimated to be severely food-insecure in north-eastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia. The writer looks at the …

Lake Chad Basin: 1.4 million children displaced; many suffer from malnutrition

About 67,000 children under five are likely to die in Nigeria’s Borno and Yobe states in September

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