Tadoba tiger reserve An unsafe haven

Raw Deal

Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan

Truth is more Slppery

Hydropower is northeast India's biggest resource. But the manner in which the Subansiri Lower Project (SLP) is being implemented forces nitin …

Tribals beaten out of forestland

Forest departments claim they are encroachers

Chipping away

Time was, when the Saranda forest cover was so dense that even the sun's rays couldn't penetrate it. Ironically, denudation has driven the region …

Baluni in pictures

Uttarakhand has a number of ‘ghost villages’, where residents have left behind their homes to search for a better life in big cities. There …

Salvation for seers, curse for farmers

Practice of jal samadhi makes life hellish for people downstream of Sangam

Grassroots victory

FRA emboldens tribals in Dudhwa to demand control over grass

System error

The death of India's cancer control programme and the rise of cancers

Classified ?

The data is rudimentary. The analysis is poor. And is kept secret

SC takes stock of Forest Rights Act

Tribals challenge forest department

For mining Tadoba tiger reserve

Among the non-believers

A forester’s  perspective on green governance

Like neighbours

Two incidents that made me ask: Whither forestry extension?

Extension programmes in forest institutions are meant to benefit stakeholders, mainly farmers, villagers and rural communities

Law of no returns

Kings of forests

The control of Naxalites over forests is total and overwhelming

Debate over effects of biomass extraction in forests

Forest rights and wrongs in Sonbhadra

Forcible eviction of tribals in Sonbhadra exposes forest rights faultlines

Tigers and tribals

Caution: pastures ahead

Forest war

Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource alienation, …

Kaziranga simmers on fringes

People take to streets against eviction notices and tiger reserve tag

Losers again

Hold tight

Behold: eco-development is here, again