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 …
Claims under FRA being wrongfully rejected in Bengal
Claims that had been piling up since 2010 are now being rejected at the instance of the forest department
Chhattisgarh govt begins process to grant FRA to Abujmarh tribals
Government to grant habitat rights to Abujh Marias, a particularly vulnerable tribal group that reside in the forest, considered a bastion of Naxalism
Information recharge: Meet Devansh Mehta of CGnet Swara
Devansh Mehta believes that people can be sensitised through incentives, be it as small as mobile top-ups
What locust attack? Great Indian Bustards make a meal of pests, reproduce more
However, the population could drop again after the locust invasion gets over, experts say
Private funds for Madhya Pradesh forests: Beware of legal concerns, warn experts
MP government plans to hand over 37,420 sq km degraded forest to private companies for afforestation
Glacial burst at Sumna on the Indo-China border near Reni in Uttarakhand
Sumna is an uninhabited place, with only border roads personnel working there; no word yet on casualties
Food waste from hotels attracting sloth bears into Mt Abu, increasing conflict: Study
This speaks more of how badly hotel waste is managed rather than anything about natural food and natural habitat, say researchers
Union Budget 2021-22: India to launch Hydrogen Energy Mission
With the announcement, India has joined the race for producing the next big energy source
Sarna Dharam Code: Of Adivasi identity and eco-nationalism
Down To Earth speaks to experts on Adivasi culture about the recent resolution passed by the Jharkhand Assembly, asking for a separate religion …
Raising a stink: Delhi’s Raota village sinks under wastewater
A village in outer Delhi is sinking in wastewater overflowing from the Najafgarh drain. That’s because of construction over a wetland, …
पहली बार दिल्ली पहुंचा टिड्डी दल, आगे भी है खतरा
केंद्रीय टिड्डी चेतावनी संगठन के मुताबिक, एक बार टिड्डियों का दल जहां पहुंच जाता है तो वहां दोबारा पहुंचने की संभावना अधिक होती है
झारखंड में खनन के लिए रिकॉर्ड से हटा दी 3 वाइल्ड लाइफ सेंचुरी
ये तीन वाइल्ड लाइफ सेंचुरी पश्चिमी सिंहभूम जिले में स्थित हैं, जिन्हें 40 साल पहले रिकॉर्ड में शामिल किया गया था
Trying to bring as many countries to CMS as I can: Executive Secretary
Amy Fraenkel speaks on the functioning of Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals
CSR: Is India Inc spending responsibly?
Companies can bring meaningful changes in society through the huge Rs 13,624 crore corporate social responsibility funds
Union Budget 2020-21: Fisheries experts raise concerns over ‘blue economy’
Reduced allocation for fisheries, categorisation of fish farmers and development of ports threatening traditional fisherfolk
Chhattisgarh High Court prevents PSU from evicting forest rights title holders
Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation had started mining in Sarguja district’s Pathrai village, where 50 Individual Forest Rights …
NGT shuts down Chinese steel plant in Gujarat
The Rs 6,000-cr project was being constructed in Gujarat’s Mundra block without an environmental clearance
आरे मामला: क्या बदल सकती है वन भूमि की परिभाषा?
विशेषज्ञों का कहना है कि सुप्रीम कोर्ट में 18 अक्टूबर की तारीख बेहद महत्वपूर्ण हो सकती है, क्योंकि कोर्ट वन भूमि के वर्गीकरण के ...
Conservation of nature post-privatisation
The book Nature Conservation in the New Economy sheds light on how not to stray away from the idea of justice when dealing with a rapidly …
धरती को बंजर होने से रोकने के लिए खर्च हुए 46 हजार करोड़
यूएनसीसीडी के सदस्य देशों ने 2 साल में 6.4 बिलियन डॉलर तो खर्च कर दिए, लेकिन परिणाम उत्साहजनक नहीं मिले हैं
Desertification in India: Mining erodes soil, water table dips in Jharkhand
Water table in Barkitand village of Giridih district has fallen from 8 metre below the ground level in 2013 to about 10 m in 2017
Sonbhadra women, others seek to participate in Supreme Court FRA hearing
Two ST women demand “equal and independent” rights to women over forest land
अधिकार में मिली जमीन छिनने का डर
अधिकार स्वरूप लोगों को दी गई जमीन छत्तीसगढ़ सरकार द्वारा वापस लेने के कारण तीन जिलों के निवासियों पर बेदखली की तलवार लटक गई ...
India exported 3,850,431 litres of water since 2015, mostly to China: Govt
Water being exported even as government has not been able to meet its own targets for drinking water supply