Whose forest is it, anyway?

The green guards

Van Gujjars lead the way in forest management by forming a voluntary protection force

Women and forests

A study probes the role of women in afforestation programmes

Oily mess

The US environment protection agency pulls up polluting oil companies

THAILAND

Double whammy

Two proposed moves that could drastically alter forest management in India

UNITED NATIONS

Forests grump

United Nations Forum on Forests fails to propose reforms

Amended Tamil Nadu forest Act must be cautiously exercised

While forests under private ownership have already been destroyed with cash crops, if the provisions of the Act are further relaxed the state&…

Gujarat's Narmada district takes a step forward in forest governance

Five years after 20 villages in the district got their Community Forest Rights titles, their Gram Sabhas have developed a draft of their …

Human-induced climate change likely to increase average temperatures in Uganda by up to 1.5 ºC in 20 years

Lominda Afedraru visits farmers in various parts of Uganda and assesses how the government is mitigating climate change impacts

Final National Forest Policy to be out soon

Most comments in the draft policy concern with the dilution of the Forest Rights Act and opening up forest land for private players 

10 highlights of the new draft national forest policy

On June 15, India's environment ministry placed the draft national forest policy in public domain for comments and suggestions. It is slated …

Tribute to Gopal Kadekodi—the man of ecological economics and more

Gopal Kadekodi has made major contributions to science, society, environment and humanity, among others

The sad plight of India's forestry graduates

Forest graduates are being sidelined in favour of science graduates in the State Forest Service

Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management

PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar

Shrinking cover

Forests are disappearing at an alarming rate the world-over, says a recent study

Talking green

Participants at an international conference on forest management discuss ways to curb logging

COMMUNITY PROTECTION

Protectors of the forest

Saara adivasis in Orissa have undertaken measures to conserve forest wealth

COSTA RICA

Illusive relief

For Nepal's forest users

The axe effect

Orissa lifts a ban on tree felling; faces logic crunch

Cutting losses?

Compensatory afforestation in trouble

Timber soldiers