Kenya’s decision to lift 6-year ban on logging can be disastrous, say environmentalists

Illegal loggers and charcoal burners will take advantage of the directive to ruin forests, say experts

Forest dwellers in Similipal can guide us towards sustainability

Forest protection committees, comprising locals, took up the responsibility of safeguarding Similipal’s natural treasures

A forest title helped these 3 Odisha villages transform their traditional jungle; here is how

The residents can now use the produce of the forest in moderation, without interference from the forest department

Tropical forests losing capacity to cycle carbon and water, finds new tracking system

Between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of humid tropical forests have been cleared since the early 1990s 

Uttarakhand lets in: Migrants bring city, drop sustainability

Scarcity, conservation, equitable and fair use of limited resources does not apply to them.

Govt committed to giving land titles to eligible forest dwellers: Javadekar

He also defended the Centre’s role in the case questioning the FRA’s validity

Odisha tribal department writes to collectors on FRA rejected claim review

The letter gives detailed instructions to district collectors about how to take up appeals and reviews of all rejected Individual Forest Right …

Achieving targeted sequestration from green cover seems impossible

India cannot achieve this Paris Agreement target without political commitment at both central and state government levels

New awakenings in the trans-Himalaya

With threats to common properties multiplying and people’s traditional access to living systems being denied, the Forest Rights Act is …

Gadchiroli villages to move SC against Maharashtra forest body

Villagers are challenging the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd’s 2016 decision under which, it felled 385 hectares of old-…

Tribal farmers to harvest second bamboo crop after earning right to sell

Here’s the success story of people in 16 villages of Rajasthan who put up a fight against the district administration to be able to sell …

Forests, tribals and wildlife are not rivals, says environment minister

Anil Madhav Dave inaugurates two-day conference of senior-level forest officers from states

Human actions make Amazon rainforest more vulnerable to fire

Rainforests don't normally burn, but in 2015 Brazilian rainforests experienced 19,739 cases of fire

Saving forests for Posterity

Community-based systems in Orissa ore effectively managing local forest resources, but they need support to overcome the conflicts and …

Foliage fever

Galvanising support for the unconditional withdrawal of the new Forest Bill, NGOs and a fifth column within the bureaucracy are harrowing the …

All bark, all bite

Local communities in Nepal and some Central American nations have become invaluable participants in managing their forests

Forests of fire

The prolonged dry spell and the history of forest fires were clear warnings that went unheeded. And thousands of hectares of forests were charred …

Premise of SC ruling on forest dwellers wrong: UN Special Rapporteur

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, says tribals are treated like squatters all around the world

What’s worrying about the SC order on FRA?

The Supreme Court’s summary directions in the ongoing writ petition may have been issued without appropriate guidance from govt counsel

Rajya Sabha paves way for Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill to become an Act

The bill was passed unanimously by the house after much discussion and withdrawal of amendments by opposition members on assurance by the …

Global production of wood products registers growth

Governments need to ensure that principles of sustainable forest management are enforced, says forestry expert

Betrayed

Nepal's forest bureaucracy prepares for the funeral of the much-hailed community forest management programme

Uneasy truce

Stand-off ends between forest officials and villagers in Ranthambhore, but roots of the conflict remain

CAG flags community centre under FRA actually MP govt tourist lodge in Pench

CAG slams action as being tantamount to misuse of powers by forest department and against spirit of Forest (Conservation) Act

Who's right for the forest anyway?

Reflections on Supreme Court order to evict ‘illegitimate’ tribals from the forests