Thank thy saviour

Tribal women in Odisha tied rakhis around trees, calling them the true saviours of their life

Ray of hope for isolated Indians

Of inclusive conservation and exclusionary orders

Forest-dwelling communities have the capabilities and desire to contribute to wildlife conservation, so why are we dismissing them?

Who is giving

Hellfires in the hills

Pauri Garwhal became ghost territory as villagers and the forest department virtually ignored unprecedented forest fires

To live with the market

Voters' tactic

Orissa's forest groups want candidates to be answerable

Let's be very clear

Land rights won't benefit tribals, inviolate areas can't secure tigers

Hunger strike for FRA implementation continues in Chhattisgarh; state yet to respond

Government has given land under the Individual Forest Rights titles, which is way less than what people originally occupied

Himachal Pradesh forest fires: Dhamarshala, Kasauli pine for respite

Extremely high summer temperature and inflammable pine needles causing fire to engulf forests in the state

Route by root

Built by the Khasi and Jaintia tribes, Meghalaya's living root bridges are a testimony to their intimate relationship with nature

Fears haunt forestry project

A plan to protect the biodiversity of Thailand's forests ignores the needs of forest dwellers

Hope sets in

As government starts drafting land rights bill for tribals

Woolly-headed environmentalism

Tribal rights and democracy loose to conservation banter

COMBATING FOREST FIRES

Power transfer

MFP management in TN tribals' hands

In Court

Rhinos can live with tribals

But in Kaziranga forest officials have no respect for their needs and customs

Forest Rights Act: Who is the encroacher and who is encroached upon

Thirteen years after a historic law was formulated to give forest dwellers legal ownership of their traditional land, their fate still hangs in …

Ethnographical account by a forest officer

नौकरशाही को मजबूत करेगा सरकार का यह कदम, वनवासियों पर पड़ेगा भारी

केंद्र सरकार ने भारतीय वन अधिनियम (आईएफए), 1927 पर संशोधनों की एक धारदार कुल्हाड़ी चला कर वनवासियों के अधिकारों पर हमला किया है। 

Forces at work

Attending a Tiger Task Force public meeting at Nagpur

Eight-year-old shot by Kaziranga forest guard in 2016 shifted to AIIMS Delhi

The forest department is not paying for the treatment in New Delhi, claims the boy's family

Land unsettled

Victim of politicking, forest rights bill not tabled in parliament

JPC's good work on Tribal Bill

JPC suggestions go beyond forest rights paradigm