Green tribunal asks Odisha to pass order on tree-felling for POSCO
Says states must apply its mind and pass order in accordance with Forest Conservation Act
UPA woos women and tribal voters
Finance minister lists Forest Rights Act as one of its key achievements while MGNREGA doesn't find mention.
Repeal or amend CAF: tribal organisations
A petition by tribal organisations says the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act violates constitutional rights and affects livelihoods of …
Odisha village takes up tendu trade, but finds no buyers
Government does not provide market linkages or support price after deregulating trade in the minor forest produce. It's a conspiracy, say activists
Wildlife NGO group gets flak for seeking curbs on forest rights of indigenous people
Application moved in Supreme Court by three wildlife NGOs seeks to reverse rights granted under Forest Rights Act, allege tribal rights activists …
Maharashtra forest department gets flak for its August 15 diktat
Department has asked gram sabhas to pass resolution on Independence Day, accepting forest village status, which will mean relinquishing rights …
New rules to make FRA effective
Tribal affairs ministry's draft rules under Forest Rights Act give more authority to the community in the process of settling forest rights
Don’t take away Gram Sabha’s powers under FRA: activists petition Modi
‘Central government's attempts to do away with consent of Gram Sabhas for diverting forests unconstitutional’
Ministers mount pressure to dilute Forest Rights Act
Tribal affairs minister asked to withdraw objections to Maharashtra’s Village Forest Rules that allow forest department take control over …
Baigas cheated of community forest rights
Madhya Pradesh village given rights over agricultural and residential land instead of forestland
MoEF expert panel recommends moratorium on mining, power projects in Konkan
Report kept in wraps calls attention to adverse environmental and social impacts of ongoing industrial activities
Another village, this time in Odisha, gets official permit to sell bamboo
Though Jamguda was conferred community forest right two years ago, it was not allowed to cart bamboo out or sell it in the market
Critiquing globalisation
In Churning the Earth, The Making of Global India, environmentalist Ashish Kothari and economist Aseem Shrivastava put India's much-hyped growth …
Bamboo rights: Maharashtra gives priority to paper mill over Forest Rights Act
Chief Minister Prithvi Raj Chavan says agreement with Ballarpur Industries predates the Act
Global non-profits appeal to India to prevent forced evictions of forest dwellers
Such evictions would violate India's obligations on human rights and biodiversity, they said
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
Odisha ST/SC department raises alarm over FRA implementation
Only 4.76 per cent of the claims for forest land in Odisha have been disposed
Odisha food commission stresses on FRA to beat hunger
Panel chief writes to all collectors to implement Forest Rights Act properly
MP forest dwellers protest eviction, 4 hurt by police pellets
Allegation against state: Violation of Forest Rights Act
Fifty villages in Gadchiroli boycott polls, demanding forest rights
Separate Aheri district, basic facilities are other demands
Himachal villages claim community forest rights for the first time
Threatened by an eviction notice, villages come forward to claim their community rights
Odisha on FRA claims: No time to collect evidence, no hearing, just rejection
The state has rejected 10,000 claims
When forest officials help poachers hunt down protected animals
A government report has exposed Rajaji Tiger Reserve's most gory secret
Does the Supreme Court order mean eviction of forest dwellers right away?
Some reasons why the rejection of FRA does not amount to a claimant being an encroacher