How bamboo was liberated

Reality check

Vedanta and lessons in conservation

Cheated for bauxite

Andhra Pradesh circumvents all regulations to mine bauxite from tribal land

Tricks of diminishing returns

Clever calculations and the great wall of bureaucracy

Last ditch attempt

UPA gives sops under MGNREGS to attract rural voters ahead of elections

Freeing bamboo from the state

A recent notification making bamboo a minor forest produce can only be the first step

Collective efforts can combat challenges faced by ultra-poor in Jharkhand

The intersection of caste, gender & occupational identities impacts their lives

Next hearing in FRA case on September 12

Apex court asks all states to file affidavits within 15 days

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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Latest updates from Mendha Lekha

DTE reportage on bamboo

The unfolding story

Is bamboo a tree or a grass?

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

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

Is JFM relevant?

Two Acts give people rights. JFM only promised partnership

Maoist insurgency

Land struggles and growth of India’s red corridor

No consensus on FRA review

Top forest officials and National Forest Rights Act Committee engage in a war of words

Shrinking pastoralism, fear of eviction — Forest Rights Act is the only hope for Van Gujjars of Sirmaur

Many families who are still landless cannot even buy land because of the state’s policy