The Importance Of Mapping Forest Resources
Plant ecologist Purabi Saikia is one of this year’s Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar winners Mapping forest resources has applications in aiding...
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A Look At Gender In Initiatives Around Forest Landscape Restoration
A successful restoration initiative critically rests on the participation of those whose lives depend on the services and resources available...
Van Gujjars Help Conserve Forests, But Remain Deprived Of Rights
"Remove Van Gujjars from the forests … and all the animals will die of thirst,” says Mohammad Safi, a community...
Mahagramsabha And The Forest Communities Of Korchi
In Korchi, a tribal block in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, tendu patta (leaves of tendu plant) is a valuable resource for...
2 Recent Forest Guard Deaths Spur Reforms In Odisha Tiger Reserve
On May 22, Bimal Kumar Jena, 40, a forest guard posted at Baunsakhala beat under Pithabata range, in the core...
Next To India’s Capital, A Village Looks To The Past For Its Forest’s Future
Sunil Harsana says he always knew there were paintings in the caves near his home in Mangar, a village on...
Legal Protection Of Certain Forest Land Could Be Removed
Certain categories of forest land will no longer be legally protected, as proposed by the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, that...
Human Activity Degraded Over 3rd Of Amazon Forest: Study
(Source: PTI) The Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a much greater extent than scientists previously believed with more than...
Chipko 50 Years On: U’khand Villagers Describe How Life Has Changed
In July 1970, devastating floods swept through the Alaknanda Valley, in northern India. Sudden, intense rainfall had caused a violent...
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