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Conservation's uncelebrated foot soldiers

Hunting has affected more than half of tropical forests: Study

Scientists in the Netherlands find a 70 per cent decline in mammal population in Western Africa, which is the biggest in the world

With state under lockdown, J&K FAC issues record forest clearances

Since August 5, the Forest Advisory Committee of the state has cleared 125 projects on forest land in just three meetings

Forests under indigenous people more protected, says new report

Indigenous and tribal peoples play vital roles in global and regional climate action and in fighting poverty 

Chhattisgarh forest department expense avoidable: CAG

The department’s actions caused an excess expenditure of Rs 2.03 crore in the year 2014-15, says auditor

How a conversion ‘mistake’ made Maharashtra top forest rights performer for a decade

State’s ‘stellar achievement’ turns out to be a simple mathematical mistake raises doubt over government data

Rohingya refugees face the rage of displaced elephants

Fleeing brutality, the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been settled along elephant corridors, sparking conflict with the gentle giants of …

Africa has long runways for land restoration to take off

Many African countries have pledged to restore their hundreds of millions of degraded land

Can drones replace humans in reforestation tasks?

"Seed bombing" is being looked upon as the best solution to repair deforested land, but complete automation of reforestation is still a long way to go

‘Amazonian deforestation can trigger more droughts'

Brazil, the Latin American country that holds 12 per cent of worldwide freshwater, just witnessed a drought and its driest winter in 84 years. An …

Heated fracas over forest fires

The conflicting views of environmentalists, foresters and local citizens are hindering the formulation of a coherent forest policy in the US

Shifting under a colonial past

A Myanmarese shifting cultivation technique, once perverted by British colonisers to maximise teak exploitation, is still valued for its benefits

The fires still burn

As efforts to control the fires that have ravaged jungles and grasslands in Central America fail miserably, the misery mounts

Southern California forest fires

Here are some of the different uses of the forest fires that raged in southern California, USA, this month: The Washington Post reported that the …

Lost Eden

For over 2 months now, the hills of Simlipal in Orissa have been inundated by fierce monsoon showers. Thick foliage dripping water on the …

‘Dilution of forest rights, interference by environment ministry unconstitutional’

Tribal groups raise concerns regarding delay in recognition of Community Forest Rights

Maharashtra villages granted community forest rights to print own bamboo permits

Flawed forestland titles to be re-examined, says top forest official

THE MONEY MAKERS

Posco stumbles

Centre asks the steel giant to get forest dwellers’ consent  

Indigenous civil engineers

Traditional earth diggers and masons, who mined the Bhatti area of the Aravallis for decades, dig in their heels as the Delhi administration …

FRA guidelines to help forest dwellers freely trade in minor forest produce

Tribals and forest dwellers don’t need to obtain transit passes to cart away the produce; minimum support price scheme for MFPs to be in …

Super Market

Secretive. Exploitative. Is the market in Minor Forest Produce unmanageable? sopan joshi finds out