Patches of green

Even after 10 years, the joint forest management programme has made little headway

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Kerala draft forest policy lacks focus

Tribal affairs ministry’s report on FRA riddled with discrepancies

Area of forest land recognised reduced, more titles distributed than approved

Reaping the benefits

CFM brings social and economic prosperity to several village communities

Woman power

When the men of Dengajhari failed, women took up arms to protect their forests

The bare essentials

To make community forest management a success

When planting trees is a curse

Is JFM relevant?

Two Acts give people rights. JFM only promised partnership

Wolves feel the crunch

Alaska's predator control programmes undermine the region's ecological health

Community forest management THE NEPALESE EXPERIENCE

Nepal government decided to hand over certain forest areas to rural communities.

Tree is not timber

Lost in woods

Environmentalists see red over wildlife bill in Bangladesh

Local lessons

Taking climate change negotiations out of international discussion boards to the villages

Not a bankable strategy

World Bank's forestry projects have not helped reduce poverty, says its own evaluator

Forests brushed aside

CoP-11 fails to finalise guidelines to safeguard forest biodiversity

Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass

Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Forest rights rules inconsonant with act

Model development

Every village has its own way of protecting the forests, but each one is a success story

Stones unto stones

Net gain

Villagers around Tawa reservoir in Madhya Pradesh are finally allowed to retain fishing rights

US steps up efforts to protect forests; bars development projects

SC subjects Forest Advisory Committee's role to judicial scrutiny

Promised Moon, Paid Pittance - Madhya Pradesh

Earth quake