Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 15, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal

Simply Put: ‘Crypto’ forests

Forst bill farce

Indian NGOs jointly campaign against an anti-people forest bill proposed by the Centre

Himalayan oak forests under threat

Forest degradation and climate change behind Uttarakhand floods, say local people

Planting trouble

Of tribes and trees

CONTESTED DOMAINS Akhileshwar Pathak Sage Publications

Branches into batons

The Forest Bill can be used to preserve our verdant national wealth

UNFF18: Sustainable forest management takes centre stage

Forests have the potential for reducing 5 gigatonnes of emissions, says delegates

INDIA

India among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO

Half of people employed in forestry in the world are in India  

CAG slams 2 Chhattisgarh DFOs for spending without permission

Report says forest department violated Forest Conservation Act norms

For a cup of tea

Whose forest is it, anyway?

Future in forest: How eviction of villagers from Achanakmar tiger reserve united adivasis to fight for CFRR

Four villages in the core area of the reserve received forest rights August 9, 2022

Managing the woods

Sustainable forest management is a concept hostage to many global players

Wooden feet

States reject 543,432 FRA claims in suo motu review

West Bengal has rejected around 92 per cent of all the reviewed claims

In a sorry state

India's forests and the Forest Survey of India need a fresh lease of life, reveals new report

Earth quake

Bond with people

Among the non-believers

A forester’s  perspective on green governance

The new Forest Act debate is essential

Let both forests and communities win

Outlaw enforcement

Another disincentive to sound forest management for Indians

Losers again

Forest department’s cheat act

Omits crucial community rights from claim papers of Gadchiroli villages