Double whammy

Two proposed moves that could drastically alter forest management in India

UNITED NATIONS

Disparate narratives

Environmental history writing is beginning to look beyond colonial forestry

Ethnographical account by a forest officer

A protest to demand rights over forests

The bare essentials

To make community forest management a success

300,000 forestland claims unverified

1,300 villages, common agenda

Gram sabhas resolve to get rights over community-owned land and resources registered

Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management

PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar

Forest dwellers denied rights

Government considering amending Forest Rights Act

Forest commission report on forest rights bill validates government's stand

Forest commission fails to innovate

Out of form

No return of the native

Environment ministry reiterates its stance on FRA compliance in forest land diversion

MoEFCC letter sent two days before SC stayed its order on rejected FRA claims

Two tribal villages get 2,349 hectares

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

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

India to get real time forest fire alert system

Forest Survey of India's new programme also tracks big fire incident

After 40 years, Nayagarh villagers finally reap benefits of cashew plantation

So long the state government auctioned cashew but didn't share profits

Conservation's language

Saving forests and a box office hit

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BRAZIL

IMPROVE RULES

Wreaking havoc

COSTA RICA

Roasted and poached

Forest fires are a boon for poachers in Uttaranchal