Letters

World’s coffee shops have emerged as plant milk’s front line

Milk made from plants is entering the public consciousness (and stomachs) in coffee shops across the globe.

Land of discord

Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

Global Eco Watch: Reliance plans ‘largest zoo’ in Jamnagar

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Trick or treat?

Countries approach communities to say yes to nuclear disposal site near them

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Tribals won’t budge

Demand rights over national park in Borivali

Growing tiger attacks in Uttarakhand: Shrinking natural habitat may be reason, say experts

Two humans were killed by tigers in April in Pauri; latest tiger census shows tiger population growing, sighted out of protected areas

India’s twin environmental challenges

From protests to where in 2012?

Land is more than just that

Starvation, disease: Tribes of Lower Omo bear the brunt of development projects

Oakland Institute report looks into condition of Ethiopian Indigenous communities displaced for dams, sugarcane plantations

Largest ever public demonstration in New York ahead of the UN climate summit

In all, over 2,000 events are said to have taken place in 150 countries ahead of the summit that will bring together leaders from 125 countries

Lies, deceit and relocation

People shifted from Sariska tiger reserve allege they have been deprived of forest rights

Neutrino in elephant's way

1,411 tigers, and unanswered questions

The promise of Dayamani

Adivasi activists, however successful in mobilising grassroots struggles, have seldom been able to make a dent in Parliament. Will Dayamani Barla …

Has government weakened its case against Vedanta?

Stand taken by environment ministry in Supreme Court affidavit gives opponents chance to press for mining in Niyamgiri hills

“Women being denied forest claims’

Report by non-profits highlights gender disparity in Forest Rights Act implementation

Cabinet dilutes new mining bill

Alters provision on sharing of profits with affected people

UN calls for protection of rights of women, indigenous peoples

The 69th session of the UN General Assembly will see the participation of world leaders on crucial global issues

Endgame for bustards

Great Indian Bustard has been pushed to extinction in its biggest sanctuary; breeding stops

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Africa: How climate change turned two of the world’s oldest tribes into enemies

Shrinking of the world's largest desert lake has triggered a survival battle among nomadic tribes in the Kenyan-Ethiopian border