17 fishers injured in firing by forest guards

They were fishing in reservoir inside the Pench Tiger Reserve, where fishing has been banned by high court

10 Maharashtra villages to finally get Rs 74.5 lakh as benefits under joint forest management scheme

Detailed accounts of revenue earned from each village forest should be made public, says activist 

Most forest fires this year were in and around national parks, sanctuaries

About seven to eight incidents of big forest fires have been reported from across the country; fire that broke out on Nagaland’s Mount Japfu,…

Man v elephant

Mumbai to have a flamingo sanctuary

NGO had sought forest department's intervention to save bird habitat

Special enclosure at Pench for orphaned tiger cubs

Centre allocates Rs 1.05 crore  

Uttarakhand’s tulip garden offers glimpse into state’s largest germplasm collection

The garden is minor part of state’s largest germplasm collection of rare, endemic vegetation, put together by Uttarakhand forest dept in …

Maharashtra forest department backtracks on forest fire guidelines

To relax rules to lure tendu contractors

77 tigers go missing in Maharashtra

Census figures do not show whether tiger population in the state is rising or falling

CAG flags community centre under FRA actually MP govt tourist lodge in Pench

CAG slams action as being tantamount to misuse of powers by forest department and against spirit of Forest (Conservation) Act

Mendha Lekha gets record bamboo rate

Earns 2.5 times more than what the highest rate received by the forest department last year

Uttarakhand opens biodiversity park in Haldwani to encourage conservation

The state’s rich botanical heritage is facing threats from climate change, degrading landscapes, habitat loss and development activities

Bihar bans plastic packaged water bottles

Government departments have been prohibited from using or buying packaged water bottles

'Elephant conservation is not exactly anybody’s priority'

M D Madhusudan is an ecologist and conservationist with Nature Conservation Foundation in Mysore, Karnataka. An elephant expert, he is a member …

'Trapping leopards that stray into human habitat not the solution'

Report spells out the do's and don'ts of managing human-leopard conflict around Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Maharashtra forest department bans collection of tendu leaves from areas prone to forest fires

Tendu contractors and gram panchayats to be responsible for prevention and extinguishing of fires

Bustard conservation: No agreement on underground power lines, ban on new projects 

Putting power lines underground not feasible; too late for new projects in Bustard habitat to be stopped, stakeholders said

Okhla bird sanctuary in danger

Construction work going on around the avian habitat without any approval

Village in Tadoba Andhari reserve wants forest titles, not relocation

Maharashtra government distributes Rs 25,000 cheques, claims relocation has resumed

Two incidents that made me ask: Whither forestry extension?

Extension programmes in forest institutions are meant to benefit stakeholders, mainly farmers, villagers and rural communities

COVID-19: Gujarat forest dept officials allegedly torched huts, fields

The state’s forest officials told villagers to evict land or face consequences

Hubballi-Ankola railway line will augur desertification, water crisis, warn experts

The proposed 164-kilometre railway project cutting through Western Ghats will prompt deforestation and accelerate climate change …

Chhattisgarh revokes: Forest dept no longer nodal agency for community rights

Chhattisgarh government reinstates the role of the forest department to coordinate claims that are to be filed by communities, …

Bamboo a minor forest produce: Ramesh

Forest departments had been refusing the control over bamboo by forest dwellers

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal