As India's tribals await SC hearing, IPCC recognises forest dwellers’ role in climate change mitigation

According to a report, authorising the indigenous communities’ land titles can improve forest management and carbon storage

India fails to protect property rights of indigenous and rural women, says report

None of the 30 low and middle-income countries analysed met the standards of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination …

To cull or not to cull: protests over animal killing orders

The Centre has declared nilgais (blue bulls), wild boars and Rhesus macaques vermins after receiving requests from Bihar, Uttarakhand and …

Workers don’t count

The recent strike reflects how the workers’ bargaining power has been crushed, and the impotence of the Left to lead them

What lurks beneath the Network

Women and a nervous regime

Emboldened by SHG movement, reservation in panchayats, women emerge as key constituency

‘Bread, freedom vital’

Tadoba park closed

In court

Bound and gagged

Fruits of struggle

Consumption and emissions: rich Indians v/s rich (and poor) Americans

Here’s an attempt at starting a serious debate around sustainable consumption and production by drawing a comparison

International law doesn’t protect people fleeing environmental disaster — here’s how it could

A firm understanding of what works where climate migrants are forced to settle will be invaluable.

COP15 Montreal: Target 22 on gender equality approved but word ‘responsive’ still in brackets

Participation, capacity building and financial access to women from all walks of life non-negotiable in Post-2020 GBF  

‘We’re portrayed as Maoists, jailed for protesting’: 18 Gariaband villages refuse to give up fight for forest rights

Villagers derive hope from success story of 4 villages in state’s protected area granted Community Forest Resource Rights August 9, 2022

Sustainable use of wild species can meet needs of billions: IPBES 9 report

The global assessment stressed that the sustainable use of wild species needed constant negotiation and adaptive management

How COVID-19 is exposing children to traffickers

School closure due to COVID-19 has not only precluded many from access to education, but also from a source of shelter and nourishment

Agroforestry boosts rice and biodiversity in India

In West Bengal, the adoption of useful trees into paddy fields has boosted crop yields and crop diversity, and has also sparked a movement that …

Conference on ‘slow food’ kicks off in Meghalaya

Speakers insist on the importance of reflecting on evolving food and agro ecological issues of indigenous people

Making labour the fall guy

BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security

World Bank gets jittery

As bank gears up for competition, it may further dilute environmental safeguard policies

The Dalit experts

Multimedia Publication >> Affirming Life and Diversity Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignty in South India 60 pages (book/report) + …

A lesson for the civil servant

Book>> Beyond Relocation, The Imperative of Sustainable Resettlement Edited by Renu Modi Sage Rs 850

E-waste management: Nokia sets example

Firm addresses extended producer responsibility with take-back scheme for mobile phones; phases out hazardous substances from devices

Against the wall