Forest rights
Adivasis draft an alternative forest bill and a rehabilitation policy to safeguard India's forests
Windowdressing forestry
Applause and international funding of a forestry project greenwashes the cruel realities of the people living there
Turning out new leaves
Roots of Datia Directed by K Bikram Singh 30 mins English Format: Betacam Produced by East West Media Communications Pvt Ltd
Rain drain
By leaching essential nutrients from top soil, acid rain threatens forests in more ways than previously thought
Sharp acceleration in forestland diversion
The period between 1999 and 2003 has seen a sudden spurt in the diversion of forestland for non-forestry purposes. A recent collation of data of …
Village Forest -- with Draft Rules Under Sec 28 of Indian Forest Act 1927
Millions of Indian villagers today act as guardians of forests, forming a mutually beneficial relationship, quite often without outside help. But …
Natural History: World's oldest forest identified from fossils
Researchers classify an area in an abandoned sandstone quarry in Cairo, New York as the remains of the world's oldest forests
Sentient beings
Did you know trees can taste, touch, hear, smell, memorise and communicate, just like animals?
Dedicated financial bonds can help capture economic value of cloud forests in 25 countries: Report
Finance should be mobilised for cloud forest protection through payments schemes targeting 25 developing countries, public finance institutions, …
Forest rights good for forests too: This Odisha village shows how
Focus on lower-level shrubs, plants help arrest depletion of local species; help tribals resume cultural practices
More than half of forest wildlife declined since 1970: WWF
Loss of habitat, overexploitation and climate change were identified as major factors that threatened the survival of forest animals
Forest rights: Forgotten histories or deliberate ignorance?
Incomplete verification of rights under FRA fail to redress the historical injustice meted out to forest dwelling communities
Maharashtra did not comply with compensatory afforestation rules: CAG
The audit showcased how state forest department and MoEFCC failed to ensure compliance of conditions while granting clearance
Forest Rights Act: Let’s look at its impact on wildlife, politics
Here are different perspectives on what the Supreme Court hearing on the fate of “encroachers” may mean for all those who dwell in …
Revisiting the tigers vs tribals trope
Instead of rejecting forest dwellers rights over land to conserve wildlife, a sincere and responsible implementation of FRA must be sought
10 interventions government must make to protect forest rights
BJP-led NDA has won 38 out of 48 reserved seats for Scheduled Tribes across the country, of which a majority is from forest-rich areas
Haryana discreetly consolidates acres of forest land in Kot
The villagers of Kot allege that Ramdev has illegally bought around 1,500 acres of the land for setting up a healthcare facility or a …
Forest fires caused due to collection of non timber forest produce: government report
Forest rights activists say that blaming the communities for fires is wrong and often it is forest department's interventions that …
Forest fires getting more frequent. Is climate change the reason?
Green rating of coal-based power plants in India by CSE offers starting insights into the sector
Return of scented wood
Private cultivation of sandalwood is catching up in India, but it will be a long wait for farmers to reap benefits and for India to regain its …
Green puzzle
A cross-section of opinions in response to 'Dark truths and lost woods' (pages 31-41) by ANIL AGARWAL
Struggling to survive as
Marginalised by developmental processes, local people are fighting for their right to manage forests
Rights over forests
THE SAGA OF PARTICIPATORY FOREST MANAGEMENT IN INDIA· N C Saxena·CIFOR Special Publication, Jakarta, 1997
Desertification: Planet’s tree-covered areas fell by 35,204 sq km in 15 years
Countries party to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification meet to review the first global land degradation assessment
Assessing poverty-deforestation links: evidence from Swat, Pakistan
This blog is based on a paper that contributed to the debate on the links between poverty and forestry degradation; the view that due to poverty …