Against the wall

Judicial excessivism

NEAA incompetent: high court

Rs 11,000 crore lost in woods

Value of diverted forestland not recovered completely. Where is the money?

Red tape binds law

Maharashtra villagers don’t even get forms to file forest claims  

Can forest clearance grantees have their names added in record of rights, MoEF&CC asks states

The environment ministry on February 22 wrote to all states, seeking their views on the matter, according to documents

Inside ad hoc forests

Government failure, both at the Centre and the states, is hurting communities and forests alike

Duty on minor produce will violate forest rights: Experts

The first draft to amend Indian Forest Act proposes to impose duty on minor produce that several tribals depend on for livelihood

The woods are lovely

The conservation of forests and Natural Ecosystems Bill, sponsored by the ministry of environment and forests, seeks to weed out an obsolete …

"Forests are the main source of herbs"

Meghalaya's abundant flora is the basis of its traditional healthcare system. Now, rapid urbanisation and breakdown of the community structure …

Camel Yatra

Rajasthan's camel population has reduced dramatically during the last ten years. The Pali, Rajasthan-based non-governmental organisation Lokhit-…

Fig leaf for the business world

That is what the Montreal Protocol, meant to do away with ozone depleting substances, has become. India's phase out programme under the protocol …

Issue at hand

Science needs to come home -- scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities

Empower communities to restore forests: Study

Crucial forest-restoration areas in low-income countries — home to 12 per cent of their total population — can have an impact on …

Missing timber for wood

As the demand-supply gap for timber widens in India, it is time to exploit the potential of private plantations and government-managed forests in …

Mutual interest

Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood -- a simple lesson that has been forgotten

Freeing bamboo from the state

A recent notification making bamboo a minor forest produce can only be the first step

Indian media on riots in Uganda

Old as the hills

Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture …

A protest to demand rights over forests

Permitting wildlife science

Forest permissions haunt wildlife research

Good Lord! No trees

Wood used in Jagannath’s chariot vanishing fast from Odisha’s jungles

Amazon's genetic gold

Scientists decode genome of a bacterium with medical and industrial uses

Stay order for Hubli-Ankola train line for violating Forest Conservation Act

Nitrogen emissions aid carbon absorption