Raising a stink: Delhi’s Raota village sinks under wastewater

A village in outer Delhi is sinking in wastewater overflowing from the Najafgarh drain. That’s because of construction over a wetland, …

Land unsettled

Victim of politicking, forest rights bill not tabled in parliament

JPC's good work on Tribal Bill

JPC suggestions go beyond forest rights paradigm

Eight-year-old shot by Kaziranga forest guard in 2016 shifted to AIIMS Delhi

The forest department is not paying for the treatment in New Delhi, claims the boy's family

PM, CM in title clash

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh are playing the blame game over the settlement of tribal …

Madhya Pradesh sets JFM precedent

Two recent developments augur well for the forest dwellers of Madhya Pradesh. Firstly, under the Joint Forest Management plan, forest protection …

Forests march

A walkathon through 5 states traverses through a rich crop of traditional conservation methods -- and a thicket of disputes

21 villages inside Simlipal Tiger Reserve granted community forest rights

Exercising the rights however, might prove to be a challenge

Rejection of forest rights claims, poor coverage and missing data; all happening in Odisha

CAG audit makes scathing criticism about the failure of local authorities in creating awareness on FRA provisions amongst forest dwellers

A tribal family is building a 6-km road to connect an inaccessible Odisha village

Its work would have gone unnoticed if two social workers had not lost their way in the forest near the village

Uneasy truce

Stand-off ends between forest officials and villagers in Ranthambhore, but roots of the conflict remain

Unsettling

The reality of resettlement in Orissa

Pay and chop

Let them co-exist

Engage forest dwellers in managing wildlife: Tiger Task Force

Nowhere to go: How exposure to coal dust has impacted lives in Odisha’s mining villages

From health hazards to crop loss — the residents of Ratanpur, Ratansara, Shiarmal & Dulinga villages face many perils

'Village forests have been pitted against community rights'

The proposed amendment of IFA is an attempt to keep power in the hands of the forest bureaucracy by playing up village forests against community …

Tribal affairs ministry’s report on FRA riddled with discrepancies

Area of forest land recognised reduced, more titles distributed than approved

Heading Downhill

Thailand policymakers' volte-face on community forestry bill jolts devolution process

Creating history in a hurry

Tiger balm

Forest governance 2.0

Forest dwelling communities have created a new economy courtesy a decade of the Forest Rights Act. Will the bureaucracy support the empowered …

Caught in the crossfire in Nepal

The Bankariyas, a forest-dweller community of central Nepal, have been uprooted from their traditional habitat and are living like refugees in …

FRA helps Dhenkanal tribals gain land rights

Their ancestors were brought in as workers nearly a century ago by the former princely state

How MGNREGA is promoting climate-smart villages

The works include constructing percolation tanks, households living in the catchment area for construction of check dams, afforestation, contour&…

Building institutional foundations for community forest management

Forest commons can play a critical role in facilitating the resilience of India’s response to climate change