Why stop us?

Keeping the desert at day

The extent of desertification of grazingland in North China has reached crisis proportions. Effective governmental policy is needed to maintain …

Ruling for natives

The common root

The ancient tradition that sanctified groves for the common good awaits a voyage of rediscovery.

The grass returns

How a village in Rajasthan greened its pasture despite official hamhandedness

Brazil

Environmental scapegoats

Are goats responsible for increasing desertification? No, say many environmentalists and researchers. In fact, this hardy animal …

When the commons vanish

Vanishing green

Participants at a recent conference conference on man, animal and environment discuss ways to solve the problem of overgrazing

More land for landless

Proposed change in land law may cause inter village disputes

What's eating the grasslands?

Overgrazing is just the tip of the iceberg.The real culprit is mismanagement

Treasures in grass

India has a huge variety of grasses. But the wealth is being destroyed

Preference to natives

The milk that ate the grass

India may be the largest producer of milk in the world, but at an incredible cost. In achieving this distinction, the country's vast cattle …

Uneasy truce

Stand-off ends between forest officials and villagers in Ranthambhore, but roots of the conflict remain

Coming of a desert

A scapegoat?

The government views goats as the greatest enemy of the environment

Pastures gone

Forest fires - a trailblazer

Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. Dipanjan Ghosh looks at the possibilities

A village that took on miners

Uttaranchal's pastoralists deliberate over saving their depleting pastures

Uttaranchal's pastoralists discuss depleting pasturelands

Novel land grab

Desertification and grazing: Quash the dogma

Most policies to tackle desertification are bound to fail. The problem will get solved as soon as they become holistic

High and dry

Conservation cannot ignore pastoral rights

Plantation mirage

RajasthanÔÇÖs tree planting spree might not check desertification