Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Forests up for grabs?
The amended Forest Conservation Act opens up large swathes of forestland for different non-forest activities
16 heatwaves in Odisha this summer rob its tribal women of livelihood
Soaring mercury levels make it difficult for them to spend much time in the jungle & collect forest produce such as leaves of kendu and siali,…
Urban Menace: India can no longer afford to monkey around on macaque management; here is why
First humans encroached on macaque habitat. Now they invade ours, and are unwilling to return because of easy availability of food
Civil society organisations should count on their huge social capital and invest it into future actions
Civil society organisations are often targets of political interference and manipulation, which can limit their ability to operate
Warming beyond borders: Amazon deforestation heats up Tibet, says new study
There are no borders in the fight against climate change, cooperation is the key, says study published in Nature
Community reserves: Are they forest department’s backdoor entry into North East India
Provisions of Wild Life (Protection) Act apply to an area once it becomes a community reserve; it is also unclear as to which law will apply if …
Every tenth of a degree counts: Scientists sound alarm as number of climate tipping elements rises
While some tipping points may have been crossed or are close to being crossed, more would be crossed as the planet warms, says study
The big transition that was Project Tiger
The landmark programme marked the transition from a very big game-centred view of nature, prevalent among imperial British officials, Indian …
France wildfires displace 37,000; air quality dips
Internal displacement due to wildfires 24% higher than in last 5 years & 4 times of last year
Aarey back to square one: Green lobby readies to take on Shinde government
Ex-CM Fadnavis, who was adamant on building Metro project at forest site, now deputy CM in Cabinet that overturned Uddhav’s protection to …
Women in Chhattisgarh recreate ‘Chipko movement’ to save Hasdeo Aranya
Activists claim more than 200,000 trees spread across 841 hectares of forest will have to be chopped down for the mining projects planned in the area
How the Van Gujjars perceive the Wildlife Protection Amendment Act, 2021
Can amendments to the Wild Life (Protection) Act reduce injustices meted out forest dwellers in the name of fortress conservation
Sherni: A Bollywood film that knows its environmentalism well
Every scene is finely etched in this very accurate portrayal of how India’s forest service actually works
Don’t let Bolsonaro’s Brazil join you, non-profits urge OECD
Non-profits criticise Brazil’s candidacy to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development while dismantling socio-…
Villages inside forest near Guwahati struggle for basic amenities
Lack of health infrastructure and medical personnel in inaccessible areas is a perennial problem in Assam
Outbreak of infectious diseases linked to change in forest cover, finds study
Outbreaks of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases linked to deforestation increased between 1990 and 2016
Similipal fire: Lives and livelihoods of Mankidia tribals in distress
The Mankidia tribe earn by collecting and selling siali fibre from Similipal forests; the fire has badly impacted their livelihood
Similipal forest fires put Odisha’s Lodha tribe in jeopardy
Already affected by the COVID-19 lockdown, the wildfires threaten to make collection of minor forest produce even more difficult
Odisha forest fires spark human-wildlife conflict
Elephants, wild boars have started coming out of forests on fire and entering human habitations
How ‘tiger farms’ have turned a wild animal into a species worth more dead than alive
Tigers in parts of east and south-east Asia can come in bottled form, sold openly in industrial breeding centres as tiger bone wine, a concoction …
Environment ministry relaxed NOx norms; but did it need to?
Hindalco has demonstrated that it is feasible to achieve the limits that were watered down
Drones help track wildfires, count wildlife and map plants
After learning how to operate a drone safely, users can acquire a variety of scientific data
‘Attacks against land rights activists rising in India, Asia’
Special legislation and quick response systems needed to provide protection and support to these defenders, experts said at a meeting in Udaipur
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 25, 2019)