Odisha tribals to sell kendu leaves and exercise their forest rights
The state’s forest department has not allowed sale of the leaves to anyone other than the goverment
A sharp bite: Dog meat ban evokes some sharp reactions in Nagaland
On July 3, Nagaland Chief Secretary Temjen Toy tweeted that the state government has decided to ban import and trading of dogs and the sale of …
Locust swarms: How can they be warded off?
All ammunition currently in use against locusts can have serious health and environmental impacts
Locust swarm invasion: The wind factor
Desert locusts are age-old threats. But now something is changing in the way they spread and reproduce
Minister names deceased ornithologist as member of National Board for Wildlife
The board, chaired by the Prime Minister, has not met since 2014
75% decline in Gujarat’s vulture population: Babul Supriyo
In neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, the vulture population has increased by 12 per cent
Community forest resources: Sustainable use, state norms must
No guidelines for gram sabhas to conserve or manage forest areas so far
Speakers highlight importance of implementation at CMS CoP 13
Need to redirect synergies on the ground, they said
CAG slams 2 Chhattisgarh DFOs for spending without permission
Report says forest department violated Forest Conservation Act norms
विशेषज्ञों ने कहा, उत्तराखंड में तबाही की वजह हो सकती है कम बर्फबारी
विश्षेज्ञों का कहना है कि इस बार उत्तराखंड में बर्फबारी कम हुई है, संभव है कि इस वजह से ग्लेशियर कमजोर पड़ गए हैं
प्रकृति के असल रक्षक हैं वनवासी : वैश्विक रिपोर्ट
अंतर सरकारी विज्ञान नीति मंच (आईपीबीईएस) ने अपनी वैश्विक रिपोर्ट में कहा है कि देशज और स्थानीय समुदाय के ज्ञान को अब तक वैश्विक ...
आदिवासियों के लिए खतरनाक साबित होगा यह संशोधन!
खास रिपोर्ट: कोरोना महामारी के बीच महाराष्ट्र में वन अधिकार कानून में संशोधन किया गया है, आइए जानते हैं कि इसका वनवासियों पर क्या असर पड़ने ...
Javadekar says 69,000 ha of forest land diverted, govt data differs
According to MoEFCC’s e-governance portal eGreen, 72,685 ha of forest land was diverted
Many parties to UNEP CoP not paying arrears, flags document
According to the document, 20 countries did not contribute for three or more years
Wildlife recall: Manas National Park's experiment with former poachers
Once in the grip of armed insurgency, a national park has lessons in wildlife management
UP forest dept cites stayed SC order for eviction
Although activists and forest dwellers could resist this attempt, the notice that came a day after still didn’t have any mention of the stay
States with more than 75% forest cover won't have to divert revenue land
Forest Advisory Committee decided this while suggesting that instead states with deficient green land should divert their non-forest land …
India demands removal of rosewood from CITES
It contends that trade of the plant species doesn’t need to be regulated as it grows at a very fast rate and is not threatened
The unregulated, lethal and corrupt world of Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines
Despite being banned by the National Green Tribunal and continuing litigation against them in the Supreme Court, rat-hole mines in the …
A decade on, only 40% of FRA claims approved
The latest status report of the FRA says most claims were rejected by either gram sabhas or district committees
Six villages in Odisha can now sell tendu leaves
These villages were earlier denied their right to sell this minor forest produce to any other buyer apart from the state's forest department
NGT sends notices to THDC, pollution control board on coal-fired power plant in Uttar Pradesh
Questions have been raised over procedural irregularities in granting environmental clearance
Madhya Pradesh forest department violates FRA, seizes tendu leaves from tribals
The leaves were reportedly confiscated as the women were selling them to buyers other than the forest department
DTE Exclusive: Govt report blames half of Gir lion deaths in January-May this year on diseases
The other half died of natural causes, snake bite, electrocution and by falling into wells
Andhra holds public hearing on Vedanta gas project amid surging COVID-19 graph
The hearing was scheduled for December 17, 2020 but was cancelled after people resisted