India among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO
Half of people employed in forestry in the world are in India
Give us 18 sq km
Is Maharashtra tendu trade rule amendment a trap for gram sabhas?
Forest department's move may be a ploy to retain control over trade in forest produce, say activists
Forest paradox
To give forest dwellers their due rights, forest governance must go beyond the environment and include the communities at stake
Maharashtra villages granted community forest rights to print own bamboo permits
Flawed forestland titles to be re-examined, says top forest official
Forest department’s cheat act
Omits crucial community rights from claim papers of Gadchiroli villages
A tale of two interpretations
Aparna Pallavi recounts struggles of residents of a tiny village in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra to get ownership of forest resources
‘Forest department is the encroacher’
When V Kishore Chandra Deo became the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs three months ago, both the ministries were in inertia.…
No mining by PSUs for trade in Scheduled Areas: tribal affairs minister
'Forest department is worst enemy of Forest Rights Act'
Baigas cheated of community forest rights
Madhya Pradesh village given rights over agricultural and residential land instead of forestland
Wealth of forests withheld
Forest departments across the country owe millions of rupees to communities. For 20 years communities toiled under the Joint Forest Management …
Tricks of diminishing returns
Clever calculations and the great wall of bureaucracy
Is JFM relevant?
Two Acts give people rights. JFM only promised partnership
Forest rights act under scrutiny
Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism
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