Cannot evict tribals from tiger reserves without their consent: NCST
Earlier, NTCA rejected forest rights under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in tiger reserves
Uttarakhand district violates Forest Rights Act for Pancheshwar dam project
The Pithoragarh administration has not even formed district-level committee to implement FRA
GST breather for Sal plates, Sabai ropes
Tax on these two minor forest products, a source of livelihood for millions of tribals, has been reduced from 18 per cent to 5 per cent
Project Lion: Proposal identifies 6 relocation sites apart from Kuno-Palpur
The proposal seeks to create free ranging lion populations within Gujarat and in India to counter lack of genetic diversity within Asiatic lions
Delhi Declaration might downplay international finance institutions’ role in mitigating desertification
A key paragraph has been proposed for deletion in the draft declaration
Polavaram project: Andhra high court stays eviction, demolition in affected areas
At least 15 villages in two districts of the state have been demolished since 2016
Wind power in India: Report blames COVID-19 pandemic for slowest growth in decade
India added just 1.1 gigawatt of onshore wind projects in 2020
Draft amendment to Forest Act: Javadekar denies, but different pictures at states
Forest department of Telangana has held consultations to amend its forest Act
India unlikely to meet carbon sink commitment
The current rate of afforestation is lower than what is needed to achieve the target
Israel moots proposal to regulate trade in mammoth ivory
Tel Aviv wants to prevent elephant tusks being sold as mammoth ones globally
सलवा जुडूम के समय में पलायन करने वाले परिवार वापस लौटे
पुलिस के साथ-साथ नक्सलियों के डर से राज्य छोड़ कर लोग अब वापस लौट रहे हैं।
Odisha food commission stresses on FRA to beat hunger
Panel chief writes to all collectors to implement Forest Rights Act properly
Compensatory afforestation: FAC considers forest with tree cover up to 40% degraded
All mining areas to be inspected by green ministry, irrespective of size
Anti-Sterlite protest in Tamil Nadu turns violent, at least 11 killed in police firing
At least 30 others were injured when police opened fire to quell the protest
NGT orders joint inspection of Tughlakabad container depot after chemical leak
The green court has also ordered assessment of the impacts of the leak
'Blown away by passion of India's millennial activists'
Geoff Dembicki is a Canadian freelance journalist and author of the book Are We Screwed? Where he talks about how the youth possesses a sense of …
Gujarat's Narmada district takes a step forward in forest governance
Five years after 20 villages in the district got their Community Forest Rights titles, their Gram Sabhas have developed a draft of their …
यूएनसीसीडी कॉप-14: नई दिल्ली घोषणा पत्र से गायब हुए दो अहम मुद्दे
नई दिल्ली घोषणा पत्र में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय वित्तीय संस्थानों और वनवासियों को अधिकार दिए जाने के प्रस्ताव को शामिल नहीं किया गया
Centre may open 43,000 ha of Jharkhand’s Saranda forest for mining
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change orders formation of a committee to look into the prospect of amending Management Plan for …
Tiger poaching in India has risen by 63% in two years
Despite the government spending Rs 15,000 crore on tiger conservation between 2014 and 2016, poaching cases rose by 63 per cent
Why are leopards in Rajaji turning man-eaters?
Leopards in the Rajaji National Park have killed over a dozen people in the past year. Why is the big cat choosing humans over its natural prey?
वन्य जीव कानून में खामियां, शामिल नहीं हैं कई जीवों की प्रजातियां
भारत के वन्यजीव कानून में नई वैज्ञानिक खोजों और जानकारियों को सम्मिलित नहीं किया गया है, जिससे वन्यजीव प्रबंधन के क्षेत्र में भ्रम की ...
Debate: Should forest guards in India be armed with firearms?
Will giving guns to forest guards make them secure in their job? Or will it lead to tragic consequences for forest dwellers? Down To Earth puts …
चमोली आपदा: चिपको आंदोलन की पीढ़ी बेबस होकर गांवों से करना चाहती है पलायन
चमोली त्रासदी के बाद चिपको आंदोलन की पीढ़ी इन दिनों पहाड़ जैसे दुखों का सामना कर रही है। उसे लग रहा है कि हिमालयी ...
Economic Survey 2021 backs setting up of Social Stock Exchange in India
It will be set up under the regulatory ambit of the Securities and Exchange Board of India