NGT directs Madhya Pradesh to frame guidelines for public consultations for forestland transfer to FDC

Also asks MoEF to issue directives to states on engaging communities in forest development activities of forest development corporations

17 fishers injured in firing by forest guards

They were fishing in reservoir inside the Pench Tiger Reserve, where fishing has been banned by high court

Precious time is being wasted in formulating a forest convention

Ola Ullsten , former prime minister of Sweden and co-chairperson of the World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development, spoke to Amit …

Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management

PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar

Forest dwellers denied rights

Government considering amending Forest Rights Act

Forest commission report on forest rights bill validates government's stand

Forest commission fails to innovate

Out of form

No return of the native

Timber travails

After completing two years as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh Mukut Mithi is proud to relate his government's achievements while …

Maharashtra forest department gets flak for its August 15 diktat

Department has asked gram sabhas to pass resolution on Independence Day, accepting forest village status, which will mean relinquishing rights …

Maharashtra forest department gets flak for its August 15 diktat

Department has asked gram sabhas to pass resolution on Independence Day, accepting forest village status, which will mean relinquishing rights …

Forest clearance process made comprehensive

Draft policy details inspection, verification, monitoring and procedure of granting forest clearance

‘Forest department is the encroacher’

When V Kishore Chandra Deo became the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs three months ago, both the ministries were in inertia.…

Environment ministry reiterates its stance on FRA compliance in forest land diversion

MoEFCC letter sent two days before SC stayed its order on rejected FRA claims

Two tribal villages get 2,349 hectares

How to plant trees for development

There is no economic value seen in forests, but there is value seen in the development project for which forestland is required

10 villages to get forest benefits

Maharashtra to finally give JFM villages their due, but the share is bigger, say activists

Seeking Solutions

POLICY THAT WORKS FOR FORESTS AND PEOPLE·James Mayers and Stephen Bass·International Institute for Environment and development (IIED)…

After 40 years, Nayagarh villagers finally reap benefits of cashew plantation

So long the state government auctioned cashew but didn't share profits

FSI shall take 16 years to complete encroachment survey in FRA case

Only four states have sent their data to the body so far

India to get real time forest fire alert system

Forest Survey of India's new programme also tracks big fire incident

Conservation's language

Saving forests and a box office hit

Film>>Report>>

BRAZIL

IMPROVE RULES