Rajasthan announces draft biofuel policy

Three ways farms of the future can feed the planet and heal it too

Crops, trees and livestock in harmony; pesticides no more; small tech, big difference

Fatal fashion

Cashmere fetish causing extinctions in Central Asia

Village refuses to part with forest

People near Chennai plan protest against industrial estate

Why is fodder so expensive?

Supply from agriculture and forests is dwindling  

Graziers protest land diversion

The last remaining contiguous grasslands in Karnataka diverted for development

Villagers veto sale of grazing land to Mundra SEZ

Act before vicious cycle sets in

Without a grazing policy the goat economy can go bust

Grazing concerns

Over-grazing is leading to the degradation of pasture lands

NEEDED: A WAKE-UP CALL

Foresters need to throw away their blinkers. Scientists need to prioritise areas of research

Village in arms

Global food companies fail to ensure deforestation-free beef

No initiative by top global brands to check deforestation in South America, finds study

Pune protests Dow research facility

Costly silence

No one is debating where goats will graze

Maharashtra, pollution board differ on Dow plant

Bird in danger

Saving the black-necked cranes in India requires protecting its habitat

Nomads fenced in

Maharashtra on way to ban illegal graziers from other states

Letters

Return of village land

Supreme Court asks states to evict illegal occupants of village commons

When markets do work

Water v industry: where is the question?

Adani port under scrutiny

Jayanthi Natarajan agrees to inspection of the project for environmental violations

Letters

Return of pastoralism: How villagers fought a long battle to regenerate grazing lands, assist herders

With help from civil society organisations, India’s rural population managed to increase their profits from raising cattle

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 …