Eye on irrigated pie
Farmers' organisations raise an alarm over Odisha government's recent guidelines that allow industries to acquire irrigated land
Andhra Pradesh farmers get a raw deal in exchange of land
The Land Pooling Scheme of the Andhra Pradesh government to acquire land for the new state capital, Amravati, is turning out to be a nightmare …
Born at 44
Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart
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
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
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 …
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
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, …
Tussle over land
Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources
CoP26: How India is paving the way towards climate action
India’s adaptation efforts have been shouldered through afforestation activities, wetland management, compensatory afforestation, etc
Community reserves: Are they forest department’s backdoor entry into North East India
Provisions of Wild Life (Protection) Act apply to an area once it becomes a community reserve; it is also unclear as to which law will apply if …
Plant diversity rapidly declining in Germany
Plant diversity decreased by over 15% in over 70% of the 2,000 species examined in last 60 years