Displaced for nothing

First Asiatic lion, then cheetah: officials struggle to decide which animal to introduce, and when, in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary. But they evict …

Tigers buffered

Supreme Court order to notify buffer zones around reserves raises both hope and fear

Bamboo rising

Five years after it was implemented, the Forest Rights Act finally takes root. Communities across the country rush to claim rights over forests …

Indigenous civil engineers

Traditional earth diggers and masons, who mined the Bhatti area of the Aravallis for decades, dig in their heels as the Delhi administration …

Binayak Sen gets life term

Family says will appeal against the verdict

Scrap Lavasa township: petition

Pune project does not have environmental clearance from Centre

Wildlife habitat rules withdrawn

Tribals beaten out of forestland

Forest departments claim they are encroachers

FRA guidelines to help forest dwellers freely trade in minor forest produce

Tribals and forest dwellers don’t need to obtain transit passes to cart away the produce; minimum support price scheme for MFPs to be in …

Finally, community forest rights

Tribals of BR Hills can now manage resources in Karnataka reserve

Gram sabha gets a boost

Supreme Court asks gram sabhas to see if Vedanta’s bauxite mine harms religious rights

Saharias face exile, again

Displaced from Kuno wildlife sanctuary earlier, the tribe is being evicted again for a dam

Jairam Ramesh withdraws guidelines violating FRA

Fresh guidelines for creating Critical wildlife Habitat to be prepared in consultation with Tribal Affairs ministry

No consensus on FRA review

Top forest officials and National Forest Rights Act Committee engage in a war of words

Grassroots victory

FRA emboldens tribals in Dudhwa to demand control over grass

Price tag for tendu, bamboo

Government struggles to calculate cost of forest produce

‘State has tendu trade right’

Expert panel report denies forest dwellers this lucrative right

Misguided rules

Environment ministry framed guidelines which violate Forest Rights Act

A new roadblock

Tribal affairs ministry objects to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that violate FRA. Other ministeries pressure it to backtrack

Suzlon, Lavasa raised loans from the company named in bribery scam

Scam led to arrest of several top officials of public sector banks

Tourism in Jarawa buffer, officially

Andaman administration to remove legal hurdles to allow small commercial activities

Forest dwellers denied rights

Government considering amending Forest Rights Act

Forest rights act under scrutiny

Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism

Fresh development plan for naxal-affected districts

Rural schemes to be more flexible; get more funds

Battle over oil, coal & forests