A dharna here, a court victory there: How Rajasthan villages try to keep their land from solar firms

Encroachment of pastureland was possible because government doesn't recognise them as village commons, say locals

Access to water is a crisis for the powerless

Fair access to water is an issue for millions of people in India. Who controls access and how this is governed needs fixing  

World Forest Day 2024: Rajasthan communities at risk of losing land

Village residents oppose declaring traditional pastoral land as deemed forests, fearing loss of access and livelihood

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 15, 2024)

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

Simply put: Land acquisition

Land conflict affects more than 6.5 million people across India: Report

More than 15 lakh hecates of land were affected by infrastructure projects

Commons: Local bodies must take lead

There is a pronounced lacuna in the governance and regulations of urban commons

Common nightmares

Dalits and Adivasis in Madhya Pradesh allege digital land records fudged; no longer landowners

Records show influential locals now owners; no action from administration yet

Acid Test

Climate action may be hampered due to different land emissions accounting practices by scientists, countries: Study

If countries followed the IPCC assessment approach, they may not reach climate benchmarks they are shooting for

The lie of the land

A deluge of stories on water

Plotting progress

JOHANNESBURG

Where’s Bhoodan Land?

India’s forests, soil can store additional 7 billion tonnes of carbon: Study

India can gain most by improving management of existing, likely degraded forests

Reform, restitution, justice: UN report suggests host of measures to protect indigenous rights

Denying indigenous peoples their rights self-defeating: UN Report

Strong nexus between land use and drought: UNCCD report

It also called for the management of land and drought to be fundamentally linked

Robbing Hood?

Tribal travails

Continue in Kerala over land

Divide and rule

Uncommon swing for commons

States rush in with new policies and programmes to protect village land

Land rights for Brazil tribe

Rogue illusionists

A village crops up in the heart of a forest as three government employees cook the books

A land of their own

Society thinks women do not want to own land. That’s where it is wrong