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

Letters

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

Flame in the rainforest

LATHA JISHNU discovers how indigenous communities in Ecuador are fighting to protect Amazonia from oil extraction

Madhya Pradesh threatens to cancel power purchase agreement with Maheshwar dam developer

S Kumars failed to meet operation deadline; all project related activities at a stand-still

WB report on Alaknanda dam kept under wraps

Findings on possible adverse impacts of Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydropower project may not become public till Maha Kumbh gets over

Rejected forest rights to be reconsidered: tribal affairs minister

It may not be possible to reject land title claims filed under Forest Rights Act in future

Public hearing for pet coke plant turns violent

Residents say Sunvira industries' plant will emit noxious gases, chemicals