Mautak will flower
In 2006-2007, a bamboo species will flower over vast swathes of Mizoram, Tripura and Assam. When bamboo flowers, it dies; usually a famine follows.…
Timber travails
After completing two years as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh Mukut Mithi is proud to relate his government's achievements while …
Truth is more Slppery
Hydropower is northeast India's biggest resource. But the manner in which the Subansiri Lower Project (SLP) is being implemented forces nitin …
Chipping away
Time was, when the Saranda forest cover was so dense that even the sun's rays couldn't penetrate it. Ironically, denudation has driven the region …
Satellite Maps Forests
Jhum farming destroys forest cover in northeast India
Shifting blame
Avian diversity in the Northeast is better off with shifting cultivation than selective logging and monoculture forests
Meghalaya redefines forest
Experts fear the new definition may open up large tracts of forest for non-forest use
Issue at hand
Science needs to come home -- scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities
Mutual interest
Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood -- a simple lesson that has been forgotten
Old as the hills
Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture …
Finally, community forest rights
Tribals of BR Hills can now manage resources in Karnataka reserve
Forests in peril in Amazon rainforests
Battle over oil, coal & forests
Baigas in exile
Once called lords of the jungle, the Chhattisgarh tribals are being evicted without adequate relief
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, …