Wanted: Better governance models for India’s forests

While the Forest Rights Act empowered Gram Sabhas to manage and conserve forests, the Joint Forest Management mechanism could not succeed due to …

‘The IFA amendment is a zero draft; all stakeholders will be involved later’

Director General of Forests, Siddhanta Das tells DTE that the proposed amendment in the Indian Forest Act is a mostly techno-legal exercise and …

At UNCCD CoP, Babul Supriyo talks JFM but remains mum on FRA

This, despite the fact that the Joint Forest Management model has become obsolete with the coming of the Forest Rights Act

Sacred flaws

Why the Odisha government's move to save sacred groves has enraged tribal communities

Gudalur’s Gene Pool Garden is an example of participatory forest management

An enthusiastic conservation effort that was thwarted for want of funds, was finally converted into an eco-tourism centre through people’s …

Weak governance escalating deforestation in Tanzania: FAO report

Of the total land area (88.3 mn hectares) in the African country, 55% is under forest cover. According to 2017 estimates, deforestation occurred …

How not to grow trees

Planting a tree is now bound up in so much restriction and red tape that it is not worth the effort

Long overdue change made in new draft of Forest Policy

The new draft National Forest Policy takes into account the paradigm shift in present realities due to climate change

Afforestation: money on the trees

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act could redefine forest governance. But will it protect the rights of forest dwellers?

Forest dwellers intensify protest

21 years on, profit sharing under joint forest management remains unclear in Maharashtra

Forest dwellers intensify protest

21 years on, profit sharing under joint forest management remains unclear in Maharashtra

10 villages to get forest benefits

Maharashtra to finally give JFM villages their due, but the share is bigger, say activists

10 Maharashtra villages to finally get Rs 74.5 lakh as benefits under joint forest management scheme

Detailed accounts of revenue earned from each village forest should be made public, says activist 

Not a bankable strategy

World Bank's forestry projects have not helped reduce poverty, says its own evaluator

Promised Moon, Paid Pittance - Madhya Pradesh

Forests for people

Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty  

Lost in interpretation - Maharashtra

Sour and sweet - Gujarat

Inter-ministerial panel for FRA: A giant step backwards, say experts

Forest experts raise concern over the Union environment ministry assuming central role in matters originally meant for the tribal ministry 

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

How to plant trees for development

There is no economic value seen in forests, but there is value seen in the development project for which forestland is required

Green Mission: raise forests, sink CO2

Protect biodiversity too, say experts  

No transparency - Andhra Pradesh

Chhattisgarh revokes: Forest dept no longer nodal agency for community rights

Chhattisgarh government reinstates the role of the forest department to coordinate claims that are to be filed by communities, …

Another Maharashtra village demands community forest rights

Tribal village Pachgaon to follow Mendha Lekha; to hold bamboo sale as protest to gain community forest rights