Weak governance escalating deforestation in Tanzania: FAO report
Of the total land area (88.3 mn hectares) in the African country, 55% is under forest cover. According to 2017 estimates, deforestation occurred …
Nearly 213 ha in protected areas diverted between April and July
Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife approved 21 projects for diversion, deferred 7 for later
Nearly 500 ha forest land in protected areas diverted in 2019
Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife gave nod to carry out 68 projects in protected areas
Profit an illusion for these Madhya Pradesh tribals forced to sell products to middlemen
Most of the tribal families here sell their products to intermediaries because of the unavailability of proper markets
Estimating the potential of community forest rights: What makes implementation challenging
Given the complexity of land and forest settlement in India and the poor quality of land records and maps available, generating an estimate is …
Preventing forest loss on private land can aid elephant conservation: Paper
Elephants prefer areas close to forests, with high vegetation cover and low human population densities, according to a recently published …
Here’s why Centre’s new SOP may damage Environment Impact Assessment regime
MoEF&CC’s new guidelines no deterrent; rather, they send a message to violators to ‘pay their way through’
Draft EIA notification 2020: Is it contra legem to international conventions, judicial verdicts
The draft Environment Impact Assessment notification aims to set aside several essential provisions such as public consultation, and plans to …
New mining leases deemed to have all approvals for 2 years: Environment ministry
New lessee will take on water, air, forest rights and other liabilities from the previous lessee
‘Waiving off oil, gas exploration clearance could’ve grave consequences’
Oil and gas exploration poses huge risk to islands, fishing areas, breeding grounds and migratory routes, says CSE expert
New MoEF guidelines for elephant deaths from anthrax
Environment ministry suggests official team to collect biological samples, dispose infected carcasses safely and map anthrax hotspots
Involving indigenous people in environmental governance — the Sixth Schedule way
Customary practices of the North East’s tribal population are harmonious with nature. Extensive recognition and conferment of rights over …
India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects
Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November)
Let’s talk land sinks: Are they enough to beat global warming
Despite caution from scientists, policymakers and corporates still assume that natural carbon sinks like forests will mop up their fossil fuel …
Bhupender Yadav launches field manual for forest staffers to manage human-elephant conflict
Yadav also released the Preliminary Report on Human Elephant Conflict and a booklet titled Trumpet
Odisha announces state forest rights scheme to benefit over 7 lakh households
‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana’ is aimed to effectively implement Forest Rights Act, 2006 in the state
38 forest and unsurveyed villages in Odisha’s Ganjam granted revenue status
The residents of the villages have also been granted community forest rights & can also avail government benefits now
12 cheetahs from South Africa may arrive in February
The seven male and five female cheetahs are currectly in quatrantine enclosures in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces of South Africa
Western Ghats: Supreme Court quashes plea against Gadgil, Kasturirangan reports
Final notification by environment ministry on Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area yet to come, apex court said, while dismissing petition …
Fight for forest rights: Why these Dhamtari Adivasis gave up over 100 acres of cropland to plant trees
Forest dwellers of Karipani and Budra villages were put through a trial by fire to prove they care about conservation
‘We’re portrayed as Maoists, jailed for protesting’: 18 Gariaband villages refuse to give up fight for forest rights
Villagers derive hope from success story of 4 villages in state’s protected area granted Community Forest Resource Rights August 9, 2022
India identifying, defining forests wrongly, say experts at Anil Agarwal Dialogue
The urgent agenda today is to reinvent forest management for the future; so that India can build a wood-based future, but still protect the …
Plantations, invasive species... what all India counts as ‘forest’
Forest survey should move beyond measuring area to studying quality of forests, say experts
Regulation of GM food subject to life inside it: Activists decry Centre’s strange decision
The government must uphold its duty to regulate the environment, health and nature, activists say as a consignment of GM soya gets clearance
NGT panel flags environmental violations by ONGC, GAIL in Krishna-Godavari basin
Three units under them asked to pay Rs 17 crore in penalty to Central Pollution Control Board
