Surviving on wood

Collecting fuelwood provides a basis for survival for the poor around Dharwar

A junkyard in the sky

An average trekker uses as much firewood in a day as an average Nepali family would in a week.

NO MORE WOOD

Leaving the women in the woods

Forest protection initiatives taken by villagers, though laudable by themselves, have proved to be a bane for women

Back in vogue

Bhil traditions wither away with their trees

So dependent are the Bhils on trees, deforestation is eroding the very roots of their culture

Living energy

Bioresources, the energy and raw materials derived from plants and animals, could help end poverty.

Fuel for food

While energy consumption surveys have shown a very high level of firewood consumption, various forest departments have shown very low levels of …

Tall tree tales

INDIA'S EUCALYPTUS CRAZE- THE GOD THAT FAILED by N C Saxena Publisher: Sage Publications Price: Rs 275 (hardback)

The great energy divide

DEPLETING SOURCES

A day with Shibu Karmakar

Nitin Shethi learns more than he had reckoned, from local wisdom

Sulia takes charge

Participatory management brings forests back

ZAMBIA

Crunching numbers

If nothing is done, we fisherfolk will perish

Bhajani Behera of Arakhakuda village, feels the lake is doomed unless the government mounts rescue operations quickly. He should know, because he …

Fuel for thought

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

Championing charcoal

Over wood as cooking fuel

A delicious affair

During a trekking trip to the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, Chandra Prakash Kala discovers the succulent kafal fruit, which has found its way …

In Short

Unexpected relief

Nobody expected farm forestry and exotics to become a major source of firewood

Divine protection

Kumaon villagers discover that gods are the best forest guards

Good Lord! No trees

Wood used in Jagannath’s chariot vanishing fast from Odisha’s jungles

False predictions

For years, energy experts and foresters have believed that the poor will eat away the forests of the developing world like locusts in order to …

Permaculture is growing rapidly in India

A science meant for small scale farmers, permaculture can hugely benefit India as 67% of farmland is owned by marginal farmers