Fear of another COVID-19 lockdown spurs distress sale of mahua flowers

Odisha tribals remember financial hit during 2020 pandemic containment measures

Odisha tops forest fire counts in the country for a week

5,291 forest fires recorded between February 22 and March 1, 2021

COVID-19 lockdown: Odisha’s mahua flower collectors left in lurch

The state’s tribal economy intrinsically runs on mahua flower trade in summers

These Odisha tribal women earn big with mahua ladoos

Around 120 tribal women in Kandhamal prepare laddus, cakes, jam, toffees, pickles, squash, pakodas and biscuits using dry mahua …

Hottest in India: Angul boils at 40°C in February

Soaring temperatures spark forest fires across Odisha, officials say loss ‘extensive’

India simply does not acknowledge forest drought

Severe dry spells in Indian forests have hit the livelihood of more than 100 million people

IN PICTURES: The vibrant, colourful world of Bastar’s haat bazaars

Colourful bamboo baskets, laughter of women sipping away at mahua, sweets to devour — haat bazaars of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, are a different …

16 heatwaves in Odisha this summer rob its tribal women of livelihood

Soaring mercury levels make it difficult for them to spend much time in the jungle & collect forest produce such as leaves of kendu and siali,…

Similipal fire: Lives and livelihoods of Mankidia tribals in distress

The Mankidia tribe earn by collecting and selling siali fibre from Similipal forests; the fire has badly impacted their livelihood 

Similipal forest fires put Odisha’s Lodha tribe in jeopardy

Already affected by the COVID-19 lockdown, the wildfires threaten to make collection of minor forest produce even more difficult

Bastar witnessed more forest fires than Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal

FSI’s satellite data show that while Pauri Garhwal recorded 471 instances of forest fires, the highest in Uttarakhand, Bastar recorded 555 …

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