Forced migration left indigenous Americans more exposed to climate change: Study

Present-day tribal lands in the US are exposed to more heat and precipitation as well as fires

When defending environment came at a price — of life

At least 227 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2020. But the year also saw communities winning against industries and governments

World Environment Day 2021: Why we need to restore contaminated land

Even after 21 years of waste management legislation, a majority of urban local bodies do not have an engineered landfill for disposal …

Punjab's marginalised communities struggle for their right to cultivate common lands

People from the scheduled caste have once protested against big landlords who have taken control of fertile common lands and they are all set to …

Goa sees sharpest dip in farm sizes, Sikkim follows

The latest provisional Agriculture Census shows that the average size of farmlands in Goa decreased by 30 per cent in five years

Gond tribals, Madhya Pradesh government fight for 4000 hectares of land

Two government departments and landless people are locked in a legal battle over 4,000 ha in Madhya Pradesh whose outcome would have countrywide …

Home is where mines are

Displaced Baiga tribals are returning to the forests taken over for mining by Reliance in Madhya Pradesh. They say they were short-changed by the …

People of no land

Jharkhand's decision to allow the use of tribal land for non-agricultural purposes could lead to mass displacement

The land rush

STRUGGLE FOR LAND AND THE FATE OF THE FORESTS Edited by Marcus Colchester and Larry Lohmann Publisher: The World Rainforest Movement, Malaysia, …

“Aboriginal people in Australia still do not have right over their land”

Poet and writer ALI COBBY ECKERMANN was in India recently to launch her memoir, Too Afraid To Cry. The book is an account of her growing up as a …

Farmers on hunger protest against land acquisition for IIT-Patna

Accuse government of cheating them of adequate compensation

Land and equality

Land and equality

SEZ duped us

Picture imperfect

Who's encroaching?

Tussle over land

Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources

Land is more than just that

Tribals continue to be robbed of land in Erode

My father used to say that an adivasi without land is like a living corpse

Orissa tribals struggle to regain cashew rights

Humans caused unprecedented damage to Earth's ecosystem

Owl vomit fossils lead to conclusion in a study

Daunting numbers

Livestock boom

Poor farmers can benefit from it, only if there are appropriate regulations in place

It's pent up anger

Tribals protest against decades of injustice in Kalinga Nagar

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