Not so lovely fair trade

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

Lost in interpretation - Maharashtra

Bamboo sale for bamboo rights

A Maharashtra village demands rights to transport and sell forest produce

Sour and sweet - Gujarat

High-risk trade

MFP is a renewable, reliable source of income, but faces many threats

Diversion route

No transparency - Andhra Pradesh

Among the non-believers

A forester’s  perspective on green governance

Village bullied for using its forest

Forest department registers offence against a gram sabha for felling bamboo clusters

Bamboo still a distant dream

No village in Maharashtra other than Mendha Lekha has been able to access bamboo

Forest rights and wrongs in Sonbhadra

Forcible eviction of tribals in Sonbhadra exposes forest rights faultlines

Koyna sanctuary plundered

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help

‘You may like to make sure that PIL does not succeed’

State wildlife warden sends friendly warning to tourism industry

Endangered in Sariska

Death of a translocated tiger highlights the task force was not heeded

Rajasthan HC issues orders against encroachments in Ranthambore

Losers again

Forest department’s cheat act

Omits crucial community rights from claim papers of Gadchiroli villages  

Taungyas get legal recognition

Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages

Tricks of diminishing returns

Clever calculations and the great wall of bureaucracy

Is JFM relevant?

Two Acts give people rights. JFM only promised partnership

The rift valley

With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels

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Though it controls 23.4 per cent of the country's land, the Indian Forest Service has little administrative clout. For long the stepchild of …