70% of ministry’s budget released, claims tribal affairs minister

Jual Oram claimed that about 16.78 lakh individual titles have been granted over an area of 55.43 lakh acres of forest land

10 highlights of the new draft national forest policy

On June 15, India's environment ministry placed the draft national forest policy in public domain for comments and suggestions. It is slated …

Pluck a problem

The government in Himachal Pradesh finds itself in a tight spot as a court order forces it to manage apple orchards on encroached forestlands

Proposed forest diversion rules may bind states to settle forest rights of tribal people first

Draft amendments to the Forest Conservation Act rules, however, do not make gram sabha consent mandatory for all projects

The inviolate plot

New parameters for identifying pristine forests may make them more vulnerable

Tigers buffered

Supreme Court order to notify buffer zones around reserves raises both hope and fear

Bamboo under siege

Gadchiroli villages relinquish forest rights to Ballarpur paper mill

Rural communities win right over bamboo, finally

Environment minister warns of legal action if forest officials refuse transit passes

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DTE reportage on bamboo

The unfolding story

Is bamboo a tree or a grass?

A new roadblock

Tribal affairs ministry objects to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that violate FRA. Other ministeries pressure it to backtrack

Saharias face exile, again

Displaced from Kuno wildlife sanctuary earlier, the tribe is being evicted again for a dam

Between Maoists and mines

Ho tribals lose hold of Saranda as mining is set to take over the pristine sal forest. A report and photographs by Sayantan Bera

Environment ministry reiterates its stance on FRA compliance in forest land diversion

MoEFCC letter sent two days before SC stayed its order on rejected FRA claims

Green tribunal asks Odisha to pass order on tree-felling for POSCO

Says states must apply its mind and pass order in accordance with Forest Conservation Act

MP forest dwellers protest eviction, 4 hurt by police pellets

Allegation against state: Violation of Forest Rights Act

FSI shall take 16 years to complete encroachment survey in FRA case

Only four states have sent their data to the body so far

Simply Put: Inverted pyramid

Tribal voters & yield of Forest Rights Act

Why the Dangs has not been able to implement FRA properly

The ‘real owner’ of forest land is still the forest department. Such brazen violation of the law betrays a systematic attempt to …