System error

The death of India's cancer control programme and the rise of cancers

Classified ?

The data is rudimentary. The analysis is poor. And is kept secret

Forest rights

Tribals challenge forest department

For mining Tadoba tiger reserve

Role models

Two Madhya Pradesh villages break free of debts, Naxalites

Concern over the government’s moves to dilute the requirement for Gram Sabha consent in violation of the Forest Right’s Act (FRA)

Gadchiroli villages oppose forest department’s tree-felling activities

People say forest management is their right in CFR villages

Meghalaya redefines forest

Experts fear the new definition may open up large tracts of forest for non-forest use

“Women being denied forest claims’

Report by non-profits highlights gender disparity in Forest Rights Act implementation

Of forests and wealth

Split approach

Individual forest rights: How residents of this Sundargarh tribal village fight to protect their natural resources

Despite living on their land for years, some of the villagers were denied land titles 

Shrinking pastoralism, fear of eviction — Forest Rights Act is the only hope for Van Gujjars of Sirmaur

Many families who are still landless cannot even buy land because of the state’s policy

Climate change may reduce carbon dioxide uptake by forests: Study

Tree growth in Arizona will decline 22-117% under future climatic conditions

FRA in SC: 3 intervention applications from Wildlife First ahead

The apex court will decide whether to take them up in September 12 hearing 

Meet Sasi Mausi: A sentinel of Odisha forest

This sexagenarian fought timber mafia half her life to reclaim forest hills

Forest fires in India increased by 125 per cent in last two years

Madhya Pradesh recorded most forest fires than any other state in 2017

Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans

At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat

Terms of estrangement

More forest cover

High court overruled

Trading deforestation

How China's growing wood imports are affecting its neighbours

Land unsettled

Victim of politicking, forest rights bill not tabled in parliament

An axe that went awry

Changing gears