UP forest dept cites stayed SC order for eviction

Although activists and forest dwellers could resist this attempt, the notice that came a day after still didn’t have any mention of the stay

Uncommon swing for commons

States rush in with new policies and programmes to protect village land

Unceremoniously dumped

Assam's evicted encroachers show legal proof of residence

Tripura tribals issued eviction notice

Tripura tribals to be evicted

Forests can keep our planet cool

Improving our forests and farm practices offers a low-risk path for climate mitigation, while securing the lives of traditional communities

Officials gloat over eviction of tribals

By evacuating tribal encroachers from around the Dudhwa park, forest officials have won another round in the struggle for access to forests. But …

Intanki National Park- haven for encroachers’

Chunks of Intanki National Park in Nagaland are sold for Rs 2,500 a hectare as the forest department looks on. Sayantan Bera visits encroachers&…

‘Don’t plug this hole’

Residents protest housing projects on lake in Mumbai suburb  

Forest row

Role of politicians, top officials suspected in Kerala's encroachment tangle

Our forests are burning

People's relationship to the forest

Displaced by fencing

Government fails to compensate the homeless in Mizoram, Tripura

‘Give us our forest back’

An unprecedented people’s movement might have forced the Odisha government to cancel a beer factory project, but there are many unresolved …

Government files petition seeking stay of SC order on FRA; hearing tomorrow

On February 13, SC had asked state authorities to submit affidavits explaining why evictions, wherever ordered, have not taken place

NGT halts construction on wetland between Bengaluru lakes

The construction projects violated the Master Plan of 2015 as well as environmental guidelines

Urban flooding may increase if wetlands not protected, says CSE

Centre for Science and Environment has recommended strong laws to protect urban lakes, their catchment and feeder channels

'37% of natural springs, which contribute directly to the Ganga, are drying up'

Increasing instances of extreme rainfall are slowly leading to the crumbling of the Ganga's catchment area, says P C Tiwari, professor of …

Famine in the rainforest

The idea of a desert in the middle of the Western Ghats sounds unbelievable, but it may be on the cards

Hill heavy!

What happens when a rare geological site is squeezed for space

Rhinos in trouble

Poaching and encroachments threaten one-horned rhionos at Orang National Park

Demolished

Illegal structures around the Ranthambore national park

Update

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 10, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Bundled out

Villagers in Pench National Park sent packing

Who's encroaching?

Slumdog sleuths unearth scam

Housing authority was rehabilitating them in illegally built multi-storeys