Not par for the coarse

Nomads fenced in

Maharashtra on way to ban illegal graziers from other states

A tale of two interpretations

Aparna Pallavi recounts struggles of residents of a tiny village in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra to get ownership of forest resources

How bamboo was liberated

Bamboo under siege

Gadchiroli villages relinquish forest rights to Ballarpur paper mill

Half-way to autonomy

Decisions by Maharashtra’s top forest official can empower gram sabhas prepare plans to revive their forests, but a policy is awaited

Bamboo rising

Five years after it was implemented, the Forest Rights Act finally takes root. Communities across the country rush to claim rights over forests …

Pawns in conservation

Maharashtra forest department’s conservation model puts Madia tribals in Naxals’ line of fire

Class room

Don’t say bamboo

Aparna Pallavi travels to Gadchiroli district to find out why villages relinquished forest rights

Flame that cools

Long-forgotten palash flower helps beat the heat, offers health benefits

Not all died of poisoning

Bite into bitters

Maharashtra tribals’ way of warding off monsoon maladies

100 panchayat members resign in tribal Korchi tehsil

Protest against police violence; administration blames mining, Naxals

Clearing forests for coal

10 villages to get forest benefits

Maharashtra to finally give JFM villages their due, but the share is bigger, say activists

10 Maharashtra villages to finally get Rs 74.5 lakh as benefits under joint forest management scheme

Detailed accounts of revenue earned from each village forest should be made public, says activist 

Korchi goes to polls after boycotting elections over mining

Gets an official letter saying no to iron-ore mining

Herbs to heal cattle

In the absence of veterinary services, traditional medical practices for treating livestock remain popular in tribal villages

Community forest rights for Gondia's tribal villages

Improved claim formats; no unfair caveats

Mendha Lekha gets record bamboo rate

Earns 2.5 times more than what the highest rate received by the forest department last year

Forest titles only on paper

Officials deny tribal village its forest management rights      

Mendha Lekha's struggle for bamboo rights

Two tribal villages get 2,349 hectares

Maharashtra muddies bamboo rights

Activists say forest department trying to dilute Forest Rights Act