Spring of discontent

Mining in Odisha’s Khandadhar hills will dry out perennial water bodies

Battle for Niyamgiri turns ugly

Odisha government tries to manipulate forest rights claims of Niyamgiri tribals

The MoEF-NHAI roadblock

Two Central government arms fight over de-linking of forest, environment clearances

Operation Saranda: from Maoists to Miners

Land acquisition for Posco begins

Class room

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

Odisha food commission stresses on FRA to beat hunger

Panel chief writes to all collectors to implement Forest Rights Act properly

Centre again revisits minimum support prices of key minor forest produce  

Latest guidelines have fixed MSPs that favour traders rather than the forest gatherers

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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