Vegetarian and dairy-based diet can ensure optimal use of agricultural land

A research in USA finds that shifting to lacto-vegetarian diet can provide for 1.3 to 2.6 times more people

Farmers demand law for guaranteed income

Participants voice concern on drought, farmers' suicide and water conservation, among other issues

Chopping down the future

About 90 per cent of Arunachal Pradesh's revenue is generated by its forests. Yet these very forests are under heavy pressure, thanks to …

Have lead, will damage

The first episode of an S&T serial on STAR Plus takes a hard look at the havoc caused by lead emissions and strategies to counter this.

Beyond progress

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What are the political drivers for land rights of forest-dependent communities?

Prakash Kashwan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut. His research and scholarship focuses …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 5, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Gujarat faces forced land aquisition in name of industrialisation

Locals in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, protest proposed thermal plant

Row over uranium mining in Meghalaya

Villagers veto sale of grazing land to Mundra SEZ

The land betrayal

Attappady's tribals have been alienated from their land by settlers as well as the government. This is the root cause of their poor health status …

Testimonies from Nandigram

In court

Anti-POSCO protests gather steam

POSCO: Villagers demand 5% of share in company's profits

A rose or a ladder?

It’s my land, not yours

How it is acquired

ONGCignores green rules

Oil company did not restore abandoned well sites in Tripura

Increasing population, demand for food in Africa need urgent attention: Experts

Policies, mega plans by governments needed as 2023 priorities for action for food systems

Droupadi Murmu’s village in Odisha celebrates her win with fanfare

Many question if her win will alleviate plight of tribals in country

Rules of engagement

Thirty years on, what does the Narmada Bachao Andolan teach us?

Pond ‘stolen’ in Bihar’s Darbhanga: No action so far, locals allege such encroachments rampant

Around 200 out of 350 ponds in town encroached, filled up in last three decades, says activist

Joshimath sinking: Over 50% of Joshimath high-risk area, finds IIT-Roorkee

Part 4: A team from institute conducted tests at 12 locations around Joshimath to find cause for land subsidence

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies

The families depended on forest produce but have been moved far away from forest land