Cannot evict tribals from tiger reserves without their consent: NCST
Earlier, NTCA rejected forest rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in tiger reserves
Uttarakhand district violates Forest Rights Act for Pancheshwar dam project
The Pithoragarh administration has not even formed district-level committee to implement FRA
High time climate justice reflects in India’s forest policy
It is clear that recognition of tenure rights not only supports the building of climate resilience among forested communities but also co-…
Chhattisgarh panchayats pass resolution against coal auctions
Twenty tribal gram panchayats have demanded that rehabilitation and resettlement issues be resolved before coal mining can be allowed
Mizoram revoked FRA due to stoppage of funding from Centre since 2014
The resolution passed by the state assembly revoking the Act notes that the Union govt declined the state government's demand of Rs 10 lakh to …
Final arguments in FRA case to begin on November 26
The court admitted all Intervention Applications even as the Centre’s representative, the Solicitor General, remained absent
Social scientists, conservationists file application in SC supporting FRA
They say a wrong impression is sought to be created about the FRA, that it supports encroachment over forest land
Plantations, CAMPA loom large over community rights
Sal trees, which form an important source of livelihood for the tribal community, have been replaced with teak plantations in an Odisha village
Chhattisgarh cancels forest rights of tribals in Surguja
Activists claim the move was in response to the tribals’ protest against mining in their forest
Baiga tribals become India’s first community to get habitat rights
The administration used a gazette notification passed by the colonial British government, which recognised these areas as home of the Baigas, to …
POSCO gets green signal
Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO
Forest rights act under scrutiny
Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism
Battle for Niyamgiri turns ugly
Odisha government tries to manipulate forest rights claims of Niyamgiri tribals
The MoEF-NHAI roadblock
Two Central government arms fight over de-linking of forest, environment clearances
Operation Saranda: from Maoists to Miners
Spring of discontent
Mining in Odisha’s Khandadhar hills will dry out perennial water bodies
Land acquisition for Posco begins
Class room
How bamboo was liberated
Reality check
Vedanta and lessons in conservation
Package POSCO
The Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package
Wealth of forests withheld
Forest departments across the country owe millions of rupees to communities. For 20 years communities toiled under the Joint Forest Management …
Green tribunal halts Mapithel dam in Manipur
MoEF asked to ascertain if project violates Forest Rights Act. State may now need people's consent to go ahead with the project
Cheated for bauxite
Andhra Pradesh circumvents all regulations to mine bauxite from tribal land