Of forests and wealth

Split approach

FRA in SC: 3 intervention applications from Wildlife First ahead

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

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

Individual forest rights: How residents of this Sundargarh tribal village fight to protect their natural resources

Despite living on their land for years, some of the villagers were denied land titles 

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

Climate change may reduce carbon dioxide uptake by forests: Study

Tree growth in Arizona will decline 22-117% under future climatic conditions

Meet Sasi Mausi: A sentinel of Odisha forest

This sexagenarian fought timber mafia half her life to reclaim forest hills

Forest fires in India increased by 125 per cent in last two years

Madhya Pradesh recorded most forest fires than any other state in 2017

Terms of estrangement

More forest cover

High court overruled

Trading deforestation

How China's growing wood imports are affecting its neighbours

Land unsettled

Victim of politicking, forest rights bill not tabled in parliament

An axe that went awry

Changing gears

Wildlife sanctuary lost 230 ha to fire in the past four months

Sociology of conflict

Law of no returns

Kings of forests

The control of Naxalites over forests is total and overwhelming

Maharashtra forest department backtracks on forest fire guidelines

To relax rules to lure tendu contractors

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

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

As told to Parliament (July 18, 2019): Low dietary intake in rural & urban India

All that was discussed in the House through the day

India's demand for teak wood endangers Ecuador's rainforests

Ecudaor lost about 0.4 million hectares tree cover between 2001 and 2015

Maharashtra lost over 1,500 sq km forests in 30 years

Reason: development projects and encroachments