Here are some ways to combat forest fires in chir pine belt of Uttarakhand

The plantation of suitable broad-leaved species like oak and rhododendron can help lower the overall fire susceptibility

IFR review: Lapse in procedure behind rejection of claims in Burhanpur

Claims filed in 2020 through the Van Mitra Portal were rejected without sharing the reason for the same with the claimants

India’s first forest-certification scheme gets global recognition

A Geneva-based non-profit recently decided to endorse the Certification Standard for Sustainable Forest Management designed for Indian forests

Long overdue change made in new draft of Forest Policy

The new draft National Forest Policy takes into account the paradigm shift in present realities due to climate change

'Village forests have been pitted against community rights'

The proposed amendment of IFA is an attempt to keep power in the hands of the forest bureaucracy by playing up village forests against community …

IFR review: Here are some possible repercussions of rejecting reviewed forest right claims

Some 1.688 million people, whose claims have been re-rejected, face threat of eviction and food security

Forest Survey Report 2021: 11 states have lost forest cover; 21 have lost good forests

India’s forest cover has increased by just 1,540 sq km in two years, mostly due to plantation and agroforestry

Amended Tamil Nadu forest Act must be cautiously exercised

While forests under private ownership have already been destroyed with cash crops, if the provisions of the Act are further relaxed the state&…

Final National Forest Policy to be out soon

Most comments in the draft policy concern with the dilution of the Forest Rights Act and opening up forest land for private players 

Forest Rights Act: Who is the encroacher and who is encroached upon

Thirteen years after a historic law was formulated to give forest dwellers legal ownership of their traditional land, their fate still hangs in …

10 highlights of the new draft national forest policy

On June 15, India's environment ministry placed the draft national forest policy in public domain for comments and suggestions. It is slated …

Telangana’s new forest conflict panels bring Centre-state land rights relation under scanner

FRA empowers Gram Sabhas and the committees headed by the sub collectors and the district collectors to determine and recognise the forest rights …

Of inclusive conservation and exclusionary orders

Forest-dwelling communities have the capabilities and desire to contribute to wildlife conservation, so why are we dismissing them?

Wildfires destroy twice the forest cover today compared to 2 decades ago

9.3 million hectares of tree cover was lost globally in 2021 

Nearly 213 ha in protected areas diverted between April and July

Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife approved 21 projects for diversion, deferred 7 for later

Nearly 500 ha forest land in protected areas diverted in 2019

Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife gave nod to carry out 68 projects in protected areas 

IFR review: States do dubious paperwork, cite baseless reasons for refusing forest rights to tribals, DTE finds

IFR claimants are being used as bait to prove that tribal communities clear forest land for cultivation, experts feel

India’s forest cover increased during 2019-2021. Is it really as good as it sounds?

Moderately dense forests declined between 2021 and 2019. In 2021-2011, the country lost 4.3% of area under moderately dense forests

Hackers' paradise

A weak environmental regime in Brazil allows free rein to Asian logging companies to plunder through the Amazon forests

Forest Rights Act: From rights on paper to rights in practice

Local civil society organisations play a vital role in helping forest-dwelling communities assert and exercise their collective rights

IFR review: Madhya Pradesh’s Van Mitra portal a tool to re-reject forest right claims, RTI data shows

Official machinery rejects claims without the knowledge of the Gram Sabha or the Forest Rights Committee

Letting go of the colonial hangover should be the goal of the new forest policy

Forest department in India needs to reverse its role from being the owner and regulator of forests to becoming a facilitator in community-managed …

India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects

Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November) 

Eight-year-old shot by Kaziranga forest guard in 2016 shifted to AIIMS Delhi

The forest department is not paying for the treatment in New Delhi, claims the boy's family

Fight for forest rights: Why these Dhamtari Adivasis gave up over 100 acres of cropland to plant trees

Forest dwellers of Karipani and Budra villages were put through a trial by fire to prove they care about conservation