Much to farmers' dismay, Centre slashes prices of non-timber forest products

Modi government’s attempt at rationalising prices of forest products is likely to hit Adivasi farmers the most

MFP Sustains 275 million people

Nine new items added to MSP for minor forest produce scheme

Despite additions, quality parameters unavailable to state agencies

Mica flakes could become forest produce in Jharkhand

Legislation means that local trade in flakes is considered illegal while on-ground trade is clandestine and vibrant

What if not single-use plastics? Why not leaf cutlery?

Leaf plates and spoons could help in combating climate change and also bring adivasis out of poverty

Forest productivity - Lumber slumber

Forest Development Corporations are yet to keep pace with the rising demand for timber, though cultivable lands exist

Continued low expenditure in 'Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest Produce' scheme

The MSP for MFP scheme was launched in 2013-14, aimed at improving the financial condition of forest-dwelling communities living in the …

Lakhs out of lac

A village in Madhya Pradesh prospers by reverting to its traditional means of livelihood

Platter of joy

People in Mendha-Lekha village in Maharashtra fashion plates out of locally available leaves. avilash roul learns lessons in sustainable forest …

A new project aims to document India’s customary laws

Documenting customary laws is a step towards community-led conservation

A great sweep

Feisty women hill broom gatherers force the forest department to relent in a Orissa village

Himachal's being robbed of its medicinal herbs

Himachal's valleys are being robbed off their natural gift -- medicinal herbs

Bamboo can generate 516.33 million man days of work in India every year

With most of the global export market for bamboo products yet to be tapped and potential to generate 516.33 million man days of work every year, …

Fighting it out

Groups of tribal women in Orissa are fighting against authorities to improve their lot by consolidating the trade of minor forest produce

Kalahandi Gram Sabhas write to NCST, invoke atrocities act against Jharkhand DFO

DFO illegally seized consignment of kendu leaves being transported from Odisha to West Bengal, federation of Gram Sabhas alleges

Power transfer

MFP management in TN tribals' hands

Despite having forest rights titles, two Kalahandi villages denied transit permit

The forest department has been misusing the transit permit, which is essential to sell kendu leaf, a lucrative Minor Forest Produce

COVID-19: Odisha allows collection of non-timber forest produce

Experts had been demanding NTFPs’ exemption from the lockdown as they are a vital part of India’s tribal economy

Education for tribals: A student from Odisha shows the way

Lack of internet connectivity, regular electricity supply: Access to quality education has remained abysmal in the remote tribal pockets of …

GST breather for Sal plates, Sabai ropes

Tax on these two minor forest products, a source of livelihood for millions of tribals, has been reduced from 18 per cent to 5 per cent

First time ever, communities' compensation demand for forest diversion finds approval

The communities in Maharashtra affected by diversion of forests due to a transmission project may get the compensation they have demanded

India simply does not acknowledge forest drought

Severe dry spells in Indian forests have hit the livelihood of more than 100 million people

COVID-19: Kendu leaf procurement hits roadblock in Odisha

State forest officials deter Kalahandi district’s village to procure kendu leaves through gram sabha   

How FRA helped India’s forest communities during COVID-19

Stories of hope have been reported from across the tribal areas of how communities survived due to FRA even as attempts have been made to dilute it

Urbanisation, low profitability: Why prices of tamarind leaves in Andhra Pradesh have rocketed

Government should come up with ways to make tamarind cultivation lucrative