Meaning of 'forest' set to change in India
How should a 'forest' be defined in India? The Union ministry of environment and forests is currently preoccupied with this question. Placing …
A new roadblock
Tribal affairs ministry objects to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that violate FRA. Other ministeries pressure it to backtrack
Is JFM relevant?
Two Acts give people rights. JFM only promised partnership
No consensus on FRA review
Top forest officials and National Forest Rights Act Committee engage in a war of words
Jairam Ramesh withdraws guidelines violating FRA
Fresh guidelines for creating Critical wildlife Habitat to be prepared in consultation with Tribal Affairs ministry
Villages in Orissa's Similipal Reserve do not cause ecological damage
Halfway through
Tribal affairs ministy attempts to give forest dwellers their due welfare benefits, through a compromise