Astray?
From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the …
States with declining tiger population have highest diversion of forests for mining
Data shows that Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Andhra lost forest land to mining during the period their tiger numbers declined
For environmental rights defenders, 2016 was the deadliest year on record
India emerged the fourth deadliest country in the world for land and environmental rights activists
Bark and bite
A whopping 25,000 people formed a human chain in Kerala's Jeerakappara forest to rally against the wanton destruction wrought by encroachers
Official doublespeak stumps Udaipur villagers
An Udaipur NGO has been summoned to court because a community hall it helped the residents of Vasu village set up allegedly encroaches on …
Will India lose one of its last patches of Jurassic forest?
Kathalekan, in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, is a relic forest with Myristica swamp ecosystem. It has remained unchanged for over 100 …
Crisis in Krishna
Forest tracts in Andhra Pradesh are being aggressively encroached upon under the umbrella of political debauchery and official nepotism
Karnataka forest encroachments outpace reclamation efforts
The state witnesses the third highest encroachment of forests in India after Madhya Pradesh and Assam
Monks battle to save forest
Villagers in Thailand find an unlikely ally in the Buddhist clergy to help their conservation efforts
Inching in
A comprehensive study of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park points to government connivance in the destruction of Mumbai's invaluable heritage
Targeting of indigenous people fighting for forest rights in India is a fact, say experts
As a new report reveals a rise in the number of indigenous activists being killed for defending forest and land rights worldwide, Down To Earth …
Himachal Pradesh forest staff to be equipped with arms to curb smuggling
The personnel posted in the checkposts in these areas can carry pistols, guns, revolvers or rifles to check illegal felling and smuggling of trees
Left to dry
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation hopes to arrest the city's dipping groundwater by reviving its dying lakes. But in the absence of strong wetland …
Hunting, fishing and farming remain the biggest threats to wildlife
A new study shows that by far the largest current hazards to biodiversity are overexploitation and agriculture
Kerala brick industry taking over rice fields
The fast-expanding brick industry (in Kerala) is causing irreversible damage to paddy-fields in a state that is already beset by an acute rice …
Nearly 3 years since campaign, only 5% public ponds free of encroachment in Bihar
State government was supposed to make 9,044 public ponds free of encroachment under its Jal Jeevan Hariyali Mission launched in 2018
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 11, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
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 …
Latin America, the most unequal region of the world in land distribution
Economic elites use their clout to influence regulatory decisions to serve their interest by either funding political parties or controlling the media
The land rush
STRUGGLE FOR LAND AND THE FATE OF THE FORESTS Edited by Marcus Colchester and Larry Lohmann Publisher: The World Rainforest Movement, Malaysia, …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 24, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 25, 2019)
Haryana police encroaches upon forest land to build training centre, residential complex: RTI
At both the sites, the cops have not procured any permissions and cut thousands of fully grown trees
Two die during an eviction drive in Kaziranga National Park
Without making any arrangements to accommodate the displaced, police fire tear gas on people resisting eviction
Beyond progress
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