We will protest against mining through gram sabhas: Lalasu Nogoti

Lalasu Nogoti is a lawyer and human rights activist from Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. He was recently elected as a zila parishad member from Arevada-…

A village in Maharashtra stands up for its rights

Residents of Lavari have blocked the construction of a transmission line to demand compensation for livelihood loss

Gadchiroli villages to move SC against Maharashtra forest body

Villagers are challenging the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd’s 2016 decision under which, it felled 385 hectares of old-…

Flame that cools

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

Bite into bitters

Maharashtra tribals’ way of warding off monsoon maladies

Adivasi leaders opposing iron mines in Maharashtra arrested

Locals allege lathi charge by cops; Police say protestors stopped way of security personnel heading towards a police station

100 panchayat members resign in tribal Korchi tehsil

Protest against police violence; administration blames mining, Naxals

How central Indian tribes cope with climate change impacts

Faced with erratic rainfall and extreme weather, tribal farmers of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh turn to bewar and penda forms of cultivation, …

Forest governance 2.0

Forest dwelling communities have created a new economy courtesy a decade of the Forest Rights Act. Will the bureaucracy support the empowered …

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

Non-tribal people boycott polling in tribal district of Maharashtra

Low voter turnout in Gadchiroli was result of misinformation spread about Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, say activist

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

Pawns in conservation

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

Bamboo sale for bamboo rights

A Maharashtra village demands rights to transport and sell forest produce

Big idea

Monsoon vegetable jackfruit has caught the fancy of entrepreneurs in India, one of its biggest producers

Mendha Lekha's struggle for bamboo rights

Bamboo liberation day

According to former environment minister Jairam Ramesh, minor forest produce is a ownership right vested by Parliament under Forest Rights Act

Fifty villages in Gadchiroli boycott polls, demanding forest rights

Separate Aheri district, basic facilities are other demands

Bamboo still a distant dream

No village in Maharashtra other than Mendha Lekha has been able to access bamboo

Betrayal via bamboo

Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents

Bamboo freed

Maharashtra village India’s first to win right to harvest bamboo. Eyes now on other forest produce