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Jhum farming destroys forest cover in northeast India

Meghalaya redefines forest

Experts fear the new definition may open up large tracts of forest for non-forest use

Finally, community forest rights

Tribals of BR Hills can now manage resources in Karnataka reserve

Forests in peril in Amazon rainforests

Rights without benefits

Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, …

Battle over oil, coal & forests

Dousing flames

The Uttarakhand forest fires that lasted for over 100 days should come as a warning to the rest of India since half of its forests are vulnerable …

A phoenix of a tribe

A nomadic community in Odisha insisted on its right to live and farm even after forest officials burnt its houses

The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India

In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …

Govt needs to address policy ambiguities affecting shifting cultivation: NITI Aayog

The NITI Aayog report recommends doing away with the practice of having divergent approaches towards shifting cultivation

This Odisha tribe grows 20 crop varieties without jeopardising biodiversity

The Bonda tribe practices a unique form of shifting cultivation that enables the growth of many crop varieties while ensuring that the …

Survival of rarest birds found in eastern Himalayas at risk

Deforestation, shifting cultivation and conversion of forests for plantations have led to massive loss of forests

Scheme for promoting home gardens needed: Experts

It can ensure nutritional security of people living in areas where shifting cultivation is practiced

Desertification in India: Slash-and-burn farming destroys Nagaland

Experts blame shifting cultivation for land degradation as about 20,000 hectares of forest is felled every year in the state for it