Rethink growth with forest capital
Lafarge’s fait accompli
SC allows French giant to mine in forest; asks Centre to set up a green regulator for projects
As told to Parliament (July 18, 2019): Low dietary intake in rural & urban India
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Constitutional violations in amended Forest (Conservation and Augmentation) Act, say experts
‘Centre absolving itself from its constitutional responsibility of protecting the environment by enacting the law’
Right of forest inhabitants for claims against eviction not limited to Adivasi, backward communities: Supreme Court
Forest communities do not only consist of people from recognised Adivasi and other backward communities, but also other groups residing in the …
Time a resource curse got lifted
Proposed changes to Forest Conservation Act a larceny of village resources
Proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, are a blunder arising out of ignorance towards constitutionally and legally-bound …
The Dangs: How a remote part of Gujarat has suffered over 200 years on forest rights
Having suffered under both, the British and post-independence governments, even the Forest Rights Act 2006 has been partially and messily …
Does Bill amending Forest Conservation Act boost India’s green legacy or put it at risk?
Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 was passed by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha without much discussion
Auto yes to coal
High powered panel recommends freeing coal blocks in forests
‘State has tendu trade right’
Expert panel report denies forest dwellers this lucrative right
Increase in offences under 4 of 7 environment-related acts in 2022: NCRB
Rajasthan, with the maximum number (30 per cent) of wildlife crime cases in the country, recorded a 50% increase in such offences
Environment-related offences recorded 78% increase in 2020
Tamil Nadu has the country’s highest number of environment-related crimes
Indian Forest Act amendment: Govt ready with first draft
The draft, which has been prepared with focus on conservation and climate change, has been sent to states seeking comments
Losers again
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 7, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Rajasthan records maximum number of environmental crimes for two successive years
NCRB’s report shows that the state made maximum violations under The Wildlife Act, 1972
Class room
How bamboo was liberated
How Bellary was laid waste
Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 24, 2019)
Inside ad hoc forests
Government failure, both at the Centre and the states, is hurting communities and forests alike
Duty on minor produce will violate forest rights: Experts
The first draft to amend Indian Forest Act proposes to impose duty on minor produce that several tribals depend on for livelihood
'Sir… if we define forests, it could create many loopholes'
Union forest ministry’s reply to parliamentary committee’s query on absence of a clear definition of forests
Freeing bamboo from the state
A recent notification making bamboo a minor forest produce can only be the first step