Private affairs
The invitation was innocuous. The Confederation of Indian Industry (cii) -- the grouping of the large and most powerful industries -- was …
Hiware Bazar - A village with 54 millionaires
Hiware Bazar, a village in Maharashtra's drought-prone Ahmednagar district, was sliding into an abyss after degrading its environment. But in …
The roots of prosperity
The woods march back to barren forest department land as villagers in Gujarat's Panchmahals district grab the spade
We can overcome
It was the most polluted city in the US, and now, it is the recipient of the UN Best Practices Award. Chattanoogans have spearheaded this …
Brotherhood of greens
The desolation around Udaipur in Rajasthan is giving way to vegetation through the efforts of cooperative societies
Sea change in the forest
Tribals in Orissa's Eastern Ghats range are giving up shifting cultivation and fiercely protecting their forests
Growth that inhibits
Researchers from the US have recently declared that it may be possible to reduce the degree of mercury pollution in the soil by simply growing …
A bunch of saps
Will a recent conference help to compensate the victims of jackboot and power-blinded national afforestation policies?
Lost in the jungle
The anti-people attitude that environmental NGOs had vehemently opposed in the '80s has resurfaced in the recent draft Forest Policy Bill. The …
The environment war
The army has taken to environment resuscitation with prganised fervour, but is still facing a barrage of criticism from state forest
Saving to survive
Impending doom has prompted villagers in Bihar and Orissa to protect their forests from natural calamities. And humans
Hardy babul does well with crops
Field trials prove a deep-rooted tree indigenous to Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra grows well in the Thar desert.
Environmental entropy
Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of Sustainable Energy by Peter Read Publisher: Zed Books Ltd Price: Not stated
Model land
SOCIAL FORESTRY IN INDIA: ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS MODELS D Sen, A P Purandare and P K Das Publisher: National Institute of Rural Development, …
Fallacy in figure
During the 1980s the rate of destruction of natural forests was reduced as compared to the 1970s. Most of the deforestation took place in the …
Village Forest -- with Draft Rules Under Sec 28 of Indian Forest Act 1927
Millions of Indian villagers today act as guardians of forests, forming a mutually beneficial relationship, quite often without outside help. But …
Odisha tribal organisations protest against draft CAF Rules
The protests are in opposition to the vague position of the Rules on forest-dwelling communities in the compensatory afforestation process
Beating about the bush
Many important issues were hardly touched upon at the recently concluded conference on bioresources
No to afforestation
Furious at losing their traditional rights over land, residents of a south Delhi village say...
The range of rage
How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force-start a plantation on a forest already …
From bonded labourers to green crusaders
Impoverished tribals living in the shadow of the Sahyadri hills show how degraded land can be revived by simply working unitedly
All bark, all bite
Local communities in Nepal and some Central American nations have become invaluable participants in managing their forests
A mother's love
A childless woman's search for emotional fulfilment through planting and nurturing saplingsby Malini Shankar
Union Budget 2020-2021: Solar units to be set up on fallow, railway lands
Move may affect afforestation to meet India's international commitments
Environment, forest ministry finalising transfer of Rs 50,000-crore CAMPA funds to states
Compensatory afforestation funds belong to the state and it was kept temporarily with the Centre