No consensus on FRA review

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

Amended Forest Rights Act rules notified; more powers to gram sabha

Forest department’s role in managing forest resources curtailed

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

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies

The families depended on forest produce but have been moved far away from forest land

FRA in SC: 3 intervention applications from Wildlife First ahead

The apex court will decide whether to take them up in September 12 hearing 

The new Forest Act debate is essential

Let both forests and communities win

Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans

At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat

Fifty villages in Gadchiroli boycott polls, demanding forest rights

Separate Aheri district, basic facilities are other demands

The rift valley

With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels

Letters

Village gets community rights over forest submerged by dam

A portion of reservoir given for management and fishing

Odisha issues guidelines for FRA convergence plan implementation

The guidelines aim to increase benefits through community involvement

Tribal affairs ministry gives in to pressure, ‘okays’ Village Forest Rules

These rules, if implemented, will lead to dilution of the Forest Rights Act

Niyamgiri answers

People veto bauxite mining, but Vedanta is unlikely to let go of the bounty

Letters

Environmental clearance for JSW’s Paradip project in Odisha scrapped by NGT

The principle of sustainable development cannot be ignored, the court said

The big idea for change: bamboo as grass

Future in forest: How eviction of villagers from Achanakmar tiger reserve united adivasis to fight for CFRR

Four villages in the core area of the reserve received forest rights August 9, 2022

PepsiCo vs potato farmers: ‘Gujarat will fail farmers if it succumbs to corporate lobbying’

Activists oppose govt’s attempt to settle the matter with the company

When forest officials help poachers hunt down protected animals

A government report has exposed Rajaji Tiger Reserve's most gory secret

Community forest rights in critical tiger habitats under threat

NTCA's order to deny forest rights in tiger habitat has become a contentious issue

Court upholds Soliga tribe’s community forest rights

Orders forest department to restore honey seized during raid

Maharashtra villages granted community forest rights to print own bamboo permits

Flawed forestland titles to be re-examined, says top forest official

Gods must be dazed

Environment ministry recognises religious rights, pushes ecological concerns behind

10 highlights from the State of India's Environment report

How India performed on key environment and development issues in 2016