Thank thy saviour

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

READ MORE 19 Aug 2016

Hellfires in the hills

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

READ MORE 15 Jul 1995

Route by root

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

READ MORE 05 Aug 2016

Forests march

A walkathon through 5 states traverses through a rich crop of traditional conservation methods -- and a thicket of disputes

READ MORE 31 Mar 1995

Fears haunt forestry project

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

READ MORE 31 Mar 1994

21 villages inside Simlipal Tiger Reserve granted community forest rights

Exercising the rights however, might prove to be a challenge

READ MORE 25 Mar 2016

Losers again

READ MORE 31 May 2012

Among the non-believers

A forester’s  perspective on green governance

READ MORE 29 Aug 2011

Kaziranga simmers on fringes

People take to streets against eviction notices and tiger reserve tag

READ MORE 28 Feb 2011

Grassroots victory

FRA emboldens tribals in Dudhwa to demand control over grass

READ MORE 28 Feb 2011

A new roadblock

Tribal affairs ministry objects to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that violate FRA. Other ministeries pressure it to backtrack

READ MORE 30 Sep 2014

Is JFM relevant?

Two Acts give people rights. JFM only promised partnership

READ MORE 30 Aug 2011

Jairam Ramesh withdraws guidelines violating FRA

Fresh guidelines for creating Critical wildlife Habitat to be prepared in consultation with Tribal Affairs ministry

READ MORE 04 Mar 2011

No consensus on FRA review

Top forest officials and National Forest Rights Act Committee engage in a war of words

READ MORE 02 Mar 2011

Halfway through

Tribal affairs ministy attempts to give forest dwellers their due welfare benefits, through a compromise

READ MORE 14 Jan 2014