Born at 44

Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart

Janadesh 2007: Satyagraha for self-reliance, dignity

In court

Kill bills

Bail industry out

Healthy diet means a healthy planet? Not always, says study

Massive amounts of agricultural resources are mobilised to support current diet patterns, including non-renewable energy, fertiliser nutrients, …

Kerala regularises paddy field reclamation and conversion up to 2008

The government expects to make additional revenue of Rs 200 crore; activists say it has yielded to mafia pressure

In 4 years, India lost over 30 million hectares of healthy land to degradation: UN data

This is almost 10% of all the country's entire landmass 

Prize for tiller, loss for industry

Parliamentary panel makes recommendations on land acquisition Bill

Eviction over coffee

Tribals will be rehabilitated, but how?

Exclusion errors: Decoding the female face of agricultural crisis

Without empowering women in farming by recognising them as farmers and giving them land rights, agriculture can’t be sustained and so can&…

How to create an oasis

Communities across the world are building on their traditional experiences to achieve land degradation neutrality

Newly amended SC/ST Prevention of Atrocity Act fails to bring justice to land grab victims in Chhattisgarh

8 months after 4 Gharghora villages filed complaints against TRN Energy and Mahaveer Energy for wrongfully grabbing their land, the police …

Illegal and unfair acquisition of mining land in Korba

SECL has been using loopholes in the law and sometimes even violating laws altogether to avoid compensation against acquired land

Is new land bill up to mark?

Draft land bill proposes higher compensation for land acquisitions, but complaints persist  

Anti-Naxal operations a cover for exploiting tribal people

Repeal of Maharasthra land ceiling act not enough to solve urban crisis

Aravalli Biodiversity Park: How a sand mine was restored to a 350 acre forest

But why is this place called a ‘biodiversity park’?

Brazil

Pointed play

Is this state sponsored land grab?

Public audit on SEZs says dalit farmers were coerced to part with land

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 22, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal  

Over 70% of Africa's grazing land is facing degradation due to invasive plant species

Introduced as a viable reforestation solution, Prosopis juliflora is causing land degradation in Africa and has put pastoralists at risk as …

Rajasthan’s Udaipur and Bhilwara turned to village commons to overcome the fodder crisis; here’s why

Villagers in these districts restored pastureland in shamlat lands to ease impacts of fodder crisis in livestock farming 

The problem with India’s spatial planning: Experts write to PM

Land use planning receives little attention in India, leading to urban sprawl, overcrowding, pollution, traffic congestion, urban flooding