More than two decades after SC order, deemed forests still undefined

The Forest Advisory Committee recently asked states to come up with a criterion and identify these forests

Denied forest rights, Himachal Pradesh villagers take to awareness campaigns

About 2,614 individual and 54 community claims made under the FRA in 2009-10 were rejected by the District Forest Officer in 2015

How government is subverting Forest Rights Act

Does this official data betray a conspiracy? Only 1.6 per cent of the 2.9 million claims approved under the Forest Rights Act recognise community …

India’s forest cover declines

North-eastern states and tribal districts witness unprecedented forest loss

Promised Moon, Paid Pittance - Madhya Pradesh

Forest rights act under scrutiny

Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism

Bamboo freed

Maharashtra village India’s first to win right to harvest bamboo. Eyes now on other forest produce

Tribal affairs ministry’s report on FRA riddled with discrepancies

Area of forest land recognised reduced, more titles distributed than approved

Nine new items added to MSP for minor forest produce scheme

Despite additions, quality parameters unavailable to state agencies

Orissa villagers protect forest, reap benefits

The Forest Rights Act and self-help transformed this remote Odisha tribal village; here is how

Residents of Loyendia have regenerated forests and made a new dirt road within a decade of getting community forest resource rights

The amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927 will create new markets & jobs for poor communities

After amending Section 2(7) of Indian Forest Act, 1927, bamboo is no longer a tree. This enables the livelihoods of forest communities as well as …

Industries eye forest land for plantations

Wood-based firms want to convert forest areas to their own use for raw material. In doing so, they ignore the fate of millions of rural poor, who …

Investing in degraded forest land for the health of our economic system

Forest health is also intricately connected with human health outcome

Forest: fade out

The Chinese government's solutions to save the remaining forests from the axe aren't effective

Lawful saviour

At least 420 million hectares forest lost since 1990: Survey

Impact of agricultural expansion on global deforestation almost 90%, says FRA remote-sensing survey

Ripe for a green economy

Forests are home, say women of Kodalpali, Sinduria and neighbouring villages in Odisha’s Nayagarh; they can build the economy of the future

Need to focus on stable forests for climate change mitigation: Study

The research reveals that saving stable forests is more important than just preventing deforestation

National Forestry Research Plan to focus on climate change

A blueprint for scientific research in forestry, the plan is made every 20 years and was formulated last in 2000

Will India lose one of its last patches of Jurassic forest?

Kathalekan, in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, is a relic forest with Myristica swamp ecosystem. It has remained unchanged for over 100 …

Uttarakhand: 4 arrested for starting fires, policeman dies fighting flames

More than 2,900 hectares of forest have been razed in last three months, and the fires have killed at least four people so far

Streamlining forest protection law

States are complaining that project clearance delays are turning out to be the worst fallout of the Forest Conservation Act, which has otherwise …

Hellfires in the hills

Pauri Garwhal became ghost territory as villagers and the forest department virtually ignored unprecedented forest fires

A Gujjar's tale

COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT IN PROTECTED AREAS·Avdhash Kaushal· Natraj Publishers 1997