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 …

कोविड-19 से हुए नुकसान का केवल 2 फीसदी भविष्य में रख सकता है महामारियों से सुरक्षित

अगले 10 वर्षों में वन्यजीवों और जंगलों की रक्षा के लिए किया गया 19,90,757 करोड़ रुपए का निवेश भविष्य में कोरोनावायरस जैसी महामारियों से ...

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 

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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

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

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Forest rights act under scrutiny

Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism

‘State has tendu trade right’

Expert panel report denies forest dwellers this lucrative right

News Briefs

More work, less pay

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

Role models

Two Madhya Pradesh villages break free of debts, Naxalites

High-risk trade

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

Great depression of lac

Biggest producer Jharkhand worst hit—and clueless

Fall of the paragon

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

Up for scrutiny

Environment ministry sets up certification scheme for its forests

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 …