Talking green
Participants at an international conference on forest management discuss ways to curb logging
Protectors of the forest
Saara adivasis in Orissa have undertaken measures to conserve forest wealth
Illusive relief
For Nepal's forest users
Cutting losses?
Compensatory afforestation in trouble
Timber soldiers
Remote control
Lack of political will, forest department opposition driving poor implementation of FRA, claims study
Forest Rights Act can help secure rights and ensure livelihoods to at least 200 million people including tribals, say independent researchers
Missing: One-third of India’s recorded forests
25.87 million hectares: That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. Does this land exist? Is it …
Deforestation rate globally declined between 2015 and 2020: FAO report
While the world lost 178 million hectares of forest in the last 30 years, the rate of net forest loss declined
Forest Rights Act: A litmus test for govt to protect forest dwellers
It is now the turn of the BJP-led central government, which won 38 out of 48 reserved seats for Scheduled Tribes across the country, to stand by …
Wanted: Better governance models for India’s forests
While the Forest Rights Act empowered Gram Sabhas to manage and conserve forests, the Joint Forest Management mechanism could not succeed due to …
Scientific management of mangroves is need of the hour
40 per cent of mangrove forests in West Coast of India have been converted into farmlands and housing colonies over the last three decades
‘The IFA amendment is a zero draft; all stakeholders will be involved later’
Director General of Forests, Siddhanta Das tells DTE that the proposed amendment in the Indian Forest Act is a mostly techno-legal exercise and …
Odisha planning to scrap minimum support price for minor forest produce
Lack of profitability is one of the reasons cited for the proposal to do away with the scheme
Habitat rights of Odisha’s tribal group denied; their livelihood also at stake
The bone of contention is the core area of the Similipal Tiger Reserve where the Mankidia tribe eke out a living by collecting Siali fibre
Bamboo will soon be declassified as a tree to encourage use and supply
Currently, bamboo is considered a tree under the Indian Forest Act and a non-timber forest produce under the Forest Rights Act
Clean drive in Himachal
Proposed amendments to this pristine state's Forest Act-make a fresh draft blow envisaged over ecological developments
Simply Put: Forest Act revision
Elusive forest contracts
Lost in the deep woods
Home is in the Amazon
Timeline of an unwarranted act: How India has legislated on forests
Does independent India's first amendment to the Indian Forest Act reflect the changes in forest policy?
Vanishing woodstocks
British green campaigners direct their wrath on Scandinavian timber suppliers who are ravaging the last of the region's verdant tracts
Wealth of forests withheld
Forest departments across the country owe millions of rupees to communities. For 20 years communities toiled under the Joint Forest Management …
‘State has tendu trade right’
Expert panel report denies forest dwellers this lucrative right