India among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO

Half of people employed in forestry in the world are in India  

Koyna sanctuary plundered

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help

Irongate opened

Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron

Protectors dubbed criminals

Tribals in Madhya Pradesh celebrate festival to reclaim forests; officials say they are encroaching land

Governance failure

How agencies meant to regulate mining conspired in the loot

Caution: pastures ahead

Rajasthan HC issues orders against encroachments in Ranthambore

Many takers of a park

Jumbo conflict

Human-elephant conflict is rising across India. Every year nearly 400 people are killed by elephants and about 100 elephants lose their lives. …

Disowned 100,000

Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. FRA gives hope

Settling settlements

Astray?

From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the …

India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects

Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November) 

Taungyas get legal recognition

Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages

Package POSCO

The Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package

Meaning of 'forest' set to change in India

How should a 'forest' be defined in India? The Union ministry of environment and forests is currently preoccupied with this question. Placing …

Why draft EIA 2020 needs a revaluation

The point of contention in the draft Environment Impact Assessment is post-facto clearance and less public participation with affected …

Agitation over forestland

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The rift valley

With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels

Violence at POSCO site

Clashes erupt as government resumes construction of coastal road at Jagatsinghpur in Odisha

South Asia

Halfway through

Tribal affairs ministy attempts to give forest dwellers their due welfare benefits, through a compromise

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