Thank thy saviour

Tribal women in Odisha tied rakhis around trees, calling them the true saviours of their life

Ray of hope for isolated Indians

Let's be very clear

Land rights won't benefit tribals, inviolate areas can't secure tigers

Of inclusive conservation and exclusionary orders

Forest-dwelling communities have the capabilities and desire to contribute to wildlife conservation, so why are we dismissing them?

Who is giving

Hellfires in the hills

Pauri Garwhal became ghost territory as villagers and the forest department virtually ignored unprecedented forest fires

To live with the market

Voters' tactic

Orissa's forest groups want candidates to be answerable

Hunger strike for FRA implementation continues in Chhattisgarh; state yet to respond

Government has given land under the Individual Forest Rights titles, which is way less than what people originally occupied

Himachal Pradesh forest fires: Dhamarshala, Kasauli pine for respite

Extremely high summer temperature and inflammable pine needles causing fire to engulf forests in the state

Can digital villages inspire transition to cashless economy?

The success of e-infrastructure in a village depends on the physical infrastructure and other socio-economic indicators

Route by root

Built by the Khasi and Jaintia tribes, Meghalaya's living root bridges are a testimony to their intimate relationship with nature

Fears haunt forestry project

A plan to protect the biodiversity of Thailand's forests ignores the needs of forest dwellers

Hope sets in

As government starts drafting land rights bill for tribals

Woolly-headed environmentalism

Tribal rights and democracy loose to conservation banter

COMBATING FOREST FIRES

Power transfer

MFP management in TN tribals' hands

In Court

Rhinos can live with tribals

But in Kaziranga forest officials have no respect for their needs and customs

Forest Rights Act: Who is the encroacher and who is encroached upon

Thirteen years after a historic law was formulated to give forest dwellers legal ownership of their traditional land, their fate still hangs in …

Ethnographical account by a forest officer

Cyclone Hudhud: experience from Koraput

The storm damaged houses, crops and livestock of people in the tribal belt but government has not even taken note of it

वन गुर्जरों के साथ एक दिन

सरकार हमारे और जंगल के बीच के रिश्ते को नहीं समझती। जंगल बिना हम नहीं और हमारे बिना जंगल नहीं

Raising a stink: Delhi’s Raota village sinks under wastewater

A village in outer Delhi is sinking in wastewater overflowing from the Najafgarh drain. That’s because of construction over a wetland, …

जंगलों के 5 किलोमीटर के दायरे में बसे हैं 160 करोड़ लोग, वैज्ञानिकों ने तैयार किया नक्शा

शोधकर्ताओं के अनुसार जंगलों के 5 किलोमीटर के दायरे में रहने वाली 71.3 फीसदी आबादी निम्न या मध्यम आय वाले देशों से सम्बन्ध रखती ...