75% of India’s land conflicts happen over community-owned spaces: Report

In 41% of the cases, communities allege that authorities or project proponents did not follow proper procedures for the takeover of land

Stuck in semantics: How confusions over forest land definitions keep benefits away from forest dwellers

Ministry believes that the Chhattisgarh government cannot transfer these lands for any purpose without the prior permission of the Government of India

Magic on the pages: Harry Potter goes green

Endangered forests were not something the wizards at Hogwarts have had to bother about. Until now...

Bamboo still a distant dream

No village in Maharashtra other than Mendha Lekha has been able to access bamboo

Nearly 3 bln animals perished in Australian bushfires: WWF study

An estimated 143 million mammals, 180 million birds, 51 million frogs and 2.5 billion reptiles affected

Forest rights in Jharkhand: Too early to rejoice

Forest rights recognised in Jharkhand for the first time in 2 years, but do not give management rights

FRA helps Dhenkanal tribals gain land rights

Their ancestors were brought in as workers nearly a century ago by the former princely state

Bamboo rising

Five years after it was implemented, the Forest Rights Act finally takes root. Communities across the country rush to claim rights over forests …

Tricks of diminishing returns

Clever calculations and the great wall of bureaucracy

Freeing bamboo from the state

A recent notification making bamboo a minor forest produce can only be the first step

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 …

Collective efforts can combat challenges faced by ultra-poor in Jharkhand

The intersection of caste, gender & occupational identities impacts their lives

Draft amendment to Forest Act: Javadekar denies, but different pictures at states

Forest department of Telangana has held consultations to amend its forest Act

Blazing away

Indonesia is once again engulfed by forest fires

JFM in jeopardy

A proposal to regularise encroachments in forests creates a flutter

Forests grump

United Nations Forum on Forests fails to propose reforms

Watch and earn: Initiative to protect Sinhagad fort & forest in Maharashtra also helps people earn a livelihood

Ghera Sinhagad Van Sanrakshan Samiti was set up jointly by the government & villagers to ensure conservation but has benefitted locals in …

Name change of Forest Conservation Act imperative, as it is treated as ‘Forest Clearance Act’: DG forests

Joint Parliamentary Committee accepted all proposed amendments to Act, including name change, on July 20

Reclassifying forests, exemptions from clearances: What changes does Bill to amend Forest Conservation Act propose

Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is among the Bills set to be tabled in Parliament’s ongoing monsoon session

Gujarat's Narmada district takes a step forward in forest governance

Five years after 20 villages in the district got their Community Forest Rights titles, their Gram Sabhas have developed a draft of their …

Uttarakhand sits on forest right claims settlement for two years in a row

With the state assembly election around the corner, the model code of conduct is the favourite excuse for non implementation of FRA

People power

Movements to protest against the commercialisation of forests have gained momentum in Karnataka

Rise in atrocities against forest-dwellers during COVID-19 crisis, flags report

Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs should create a COVID-19 response cell to monitor issues and provide support, it said

Amazon forests threatened: 10% more wildfires than last year, environmental gains may be undone

Anthropogenic climate change has made the forests more prone to wildfires

MoEFCC refuses to put new forest conservation rules on hold, says do not dilute forest rights act

New rules do away with Gram Sabha consent, National Commission on Scheduled Tribes had flagged last year in letter to ministry