SEZ, how special?

Despite having burned its fingers with export processing zones, which mainly involved a number of substantial fiscal benefits, the government has …

Land restoration target revised to 26 mln ha: Experts call for strategy overhaul

Due caution must be exercised in setting standards and policies for restoration of degraded lands, say experts

Mission possible: Turning a waste land into a forest with a bank of traditional seeds

A father-daughter duo grow 800 varieties of traditional seeds in a 2.5-acre land in Nayagarh district of Odisha

Tapping unused government land

There is a need to assess land acquisition and allotment for infrastructure projects, to eliminate the possibility of creating surplus and …

Forests, fuel and fodder

From deficit to surplus: a success story of joint forest management from Sakwa, a tiny village in south Gujarat

Drought but why: Deciphering the disaster in detail

Do you know that a normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought and the same districts are parched every year. Read all this and much more here …

Villagers one up on government in greening project

The balding hills of Jadhera panchayat in Himachal Pradesh are regaining their vegetation, thanks to an unusual village chief

‘Giving land tenure rights to commons can prevent degradation’

Around 80 million hectare of common lands in India provide livelihood to around 350 million people, finds studies conducted by a Gujarat-based non-…

Himachal Pradesh’s decision to put wasteland in land bank undermines FRA

The state’s request to put degraded forest land in a land bank comes at a time when the government has been dragging its feet on …

Interaction stressed among social disciplines

SOCIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS IN ASIAN AGROFORESTRY Edited by William R Burch Jr and J Kathy Parker . Publisher: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co …

Revegetation on Loess Plateau putting pressure on water resources

Expansion of vegetation cover in areas marked by limited water availability creates “conflicting demands for water between the ecosystem …

Nurturing effect of pine

Pine trees have helped restore native vegetation in Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Corporate wastelands

Tamil Nadu seems set to gift community land to corporates under the name of wasteland regeneration

Land unrest set to increase in India: study

Enforcement and strengthening of laws that protect land rights of tribals and forest dwellers recommended

Drought-proof village in bone dry district

Sehal Sagar village in Rajasthan has won the national water award instituted by the water resources ministry

Odisha diaries: the struggle for community control over land, forests and natural resources

No matter how much compensation is promised, companies will need ‘a social licence’ to conduct business on the land of the people

Green energy takes toll on green cover

A forest generated by residents in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district is being destroyed to set up windmills

NGT order clears way for Nirma cement plant at cost of wetland

Tribunal has set aside revocation of environmental clearance to Nirma Limited’s proposed cement plant

Key development concerns featuring this election

Resourceful ministry

Tall claims, small gains

Teak companies are all about broken promises

Overcoming the gender barrier

Several voluntary agencies are working to provide greater control over natural resource use.

Private rights

Perfect sense

Wasteful plan

Communities in Rajasthan reject draft wasteland policy