Poplar - moneytree no more

Poplar tree, which was getting a good price in the market till 2014, is suffering from sharp fall in its prices. Farmers have stopped planting it …

Tribal farmers to harvest second bamboo crop after earning right to sell

Here’s the success story of people in 16 villages of Rajasthan who put up a fight against the district administration to be able to sell …

Ensure ethical trade in wild plants, consumers urged

New report highlights how many wild plants used in everyday products are sourced without any consideration to supply sustainability

Red sanders is now free of export restrictions

Earlier 3,000 Indian farmers involved in cultivating the red-coloured wood couldn’t find any takers in domestic market

Red sanders not endangered anymore

This is the first time since 1997 that red sanders has been placed under the ‘near threatened’ category by International Union for …

More work, less pay

Some MFP items were nationalised to get people fair deal; it was of no help

India demands removal of rosewood from CITES

It contends that trade of the plant species doesn’t need to be regulated as it grows at a very fast rate and is not threatened

Great depression of lac

Biggest producer Jharkhand worst hit—and clueless

Amphan aftermath: Crab trading hit, Sundarbans villagers left to fend for themselves

The cyclone along with COVID-19 lockdown has affected crab catching and trading — a major source of livelihood in Sundarabans 

Role models

Two Madhya Pradesh villages break free of debts, Naxalites

Fall of the paragon

Century-old teak plantation business loses ground in India because of poor management and short-sighted policies

High-risk trade

MFP is a renewable, reliable source of income, but faces many threats

Empower communities to restore forests: Study

Crucial forest-restoration areas in low-income countries — home to 12 per cent of their total population — can have an impact on …

‘State has tendu trade right’

Expert panel report denies forest dwellers this lucrative right

Up for scrutiny

Environment ministry sets up certification scheme for its forests

How government is subverting Forest Rights Act

Does this official data betray a conspiracy? Only 1.6 per cent of the 2.9 million claims approved under the Forest Rights Act recognise community …

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Forest rights act under scrutiny

Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism

Bamboo rising

Five years after it was implemented, the Forest Rights Act finally takes root. Communities across the country rush to claim rights over forests …