A forest title helped these 3 Odisha villages transform their traditional jungle; here is how
The residents can now use the produce of the forest in moderation, without interference from the forest department
Dictionary-defined ‘forests’ will be out of forest laws?
Government proposes amendments to the Forest Conservation Act reasoning current laws not encouraging plantation, forest creation and mounting …
Tropical forests losing capacity to cycle carbon and water, finds new tracking system
Between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of humid tropical forests have been cleared since the early 1990s
Uttarakhand lets in: Migrants bring city, drop sustainability
Scarcity, conservation, equitable and fair use of limited resources does not apply to them.
Govt committed to giving land titles to eligible forest dwellers: Javadekar
He also defended the Centre’s role in the case questioning the FRA’s validity
Odisha tribal department writes to collectors on FRA rejected claim review
The letter gives detailed instructions to district collectors about how to take up appeals and reviews of all rejected Individual Forest Right …
Achieving targeted sequestration from green cover seems impossible
India cannot achieve this Paris Agreement target without political commitment at both central and state government levels
New awakenings in the trans-Himalaya
With threats to common properties multiplying and people’s traditional access to living systems being denied, the Forest Rights Act is …
Gadchiroli villages to move SC against Maharashtra forest body
Villagers are challenging the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd’s 2016 decision under which, it felled 385 hectares of old-…
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 …
Forest conservation: indigenous peoples invest less than other agencies, but achieve equal outcome
According to a recent study, indigenous people and local communities are able to conserve forests by investing only 16–23 per cent of the …
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
Forests, tribals and wildlife are not rivals, says environment minister
Anil Madhav Dave inaugurates two-day conference of senior-level forest officers from states
Human actions make Amazon rainforest more vulnerable to fire
Rainforests don't normally burn, but in 2015 Brazilian rainforests experienced 19,739 cases of fire
Saving forests for Posterity
Community-based systems in Orissa ore effectively managing local forest resources, but they need support to overcome the conflicts and …
Foliage fever
Galvanising support for the unconditional withdrawal of the new Forest Bill, NGOs and a fifth column within the bureaucracy are harrowing the …
All bark, all bite
Local communities in Nepal and some Central American nations have become invaluable participants in managing their forests
Forests of fire
The prolonged dry spell and the history of forest fires were clear warnings that went unheeded. And thousands of hectares of forests were charred …
Odisha tribals allege illegal mining survey in community forest area, demand action by Centre
Government officials threatened and intimidated them, allege villagers
Sylvan overhaul
Constitution and agenda declared for forestry panel
Premise of SC ruling on forest dwellers wrong: UN Special Rapporteur
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, says tribals are treated like squatters all around the world
What’s worrying about the SC order on FRA?
The Supreme Court’s summary directions in the ongoing writ petition may have been issued without appropriate guidance from govt counsel
Rajya Sabha paves way for Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill to become an Act
The bill was passed unanimously by the house after much discussion and withdrawal of amendments by opposition members on assurance by the …
Global production of wood products registers growth
Governments need to ensure that principles of sustainable forest management are enforced, says forestry expert
Betrayed
Nepal's forest bureaucracy prepares for the funeral of the much-hailed community forest management programme