Good people

Washed, clean and green

The Vankars of Gujarat have reclaimed saline wastelands in Gujarat after 9 years of bloody struggle

No news is bad news

A dearth of information brought brickbats to the department of wastelands development, which was entrusted the Herculean task of reducing the …

A praiseworthy decision

Plant prospects

The stubborn juliflora, which grows mostly in drylands and wastelands, is now invading arable areas. One still speculates about the repercussions

Saving the earth

Techniques developed by villagers in Himachal Pradesh can be integrated into plans to reclaim rocky wasteland in the hills

Pitted with scars

Excessive mining hits coastal Gujarat hard

Engulfed by the ravines

Once a throbbing rural business centre, Birahrua, in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, is now haunted by devilish gullies

Technology for the poor

Wasteland maps can help frame poverty alleviation programmes

Development dilemmas

New hope for Himalayan wastelands

The seabuckthorn plant can change the lives of marginal farmers by enriching soil with nitrogen, preventing its erosion and providing …

Wonder plant

An eco-friendly plant, the Senna can be used to regenerate wastelands with less water and without pesticides

Women build where others destroy

Why do women who attempt changes in local land use patterns meet with so much hostility?

Let the drylands bloom

By maintaining terrestrial forestation to improve the soils, drylands can be saved from being further degraded

The great experimenter

For ages, Indian farmers have practised ecofriendly farming by using local resources to improve soil fertility and control pests and diseases. …

Telling children how not to go the dodo way

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Farmers face land crisis

Single ministry to look after watershed programmes

Land goes to industry

Apocalyptic vision

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Fruits of struggle

People’s power v thermal power

Sompeta shows people’s resolve to protect wetlands

Blasted out

Gubraida gram panchayat scripts a success story by bringing illegal mining to a halt

Picture imperfect

A fighting chance

One man's dedication transformed the degraded, deforested land of his village