Vanishing green

History matters

The Forest Rights Act augurs differently for two tribal communities in Kerala

Mendha Lekha's struggle for bamboo rights

‘State has tendu trade right’

Expert panel report denies forest dwellers this lucrative right

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies

The families depended on forest produce but have been moved far away from forest land

The people are covered

People's rights over forests are legally unassailable

Future of our forests

Experts discuss ways to improve forest policies in India

India’s forest cover declines

North-eastern states and tribal districts witness unprecedented forest loss

Promised Moon, Paid Pittance - Madhya Pradesh

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

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

Forest rights act under scrutiny

Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism

Forests for people

Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty  

Odisha issues guidelines for FRA convergence plan implementation

The guidelines aim to increase benefits through community involvement

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Lost in interpretation - Maharashtra

Bamboo sale for bamboo rights

A Maharashtra village demands rights to transport and sell forest produce

Price tag for tendu, bamboo

Government struggles to calculate cost of forest produce

Is JFM relevant?

Two Acts give people rights. JFM only promised partnership

Paper forests: India’s missing stretches of green

The most bad news is what the biennial forest survey report leaves unsaid

Biennial Forest Survey Report: What does State of India’s Forest 2021 tell us

MEF and the law of the jungle