“This Is In Honour Of The Adivasis Fighting For Their Land, Water, Forest”
Chhattisgarh-based environmental activist Alok Shukla was conferred the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for leading a…
Chhattisgarh-based environmental activist Alok Shukla was conferred the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for leading a…
Colonisation of the forests devastated them and their inhabitants, the forest dwellers and wildlife. To…
The Supreme Court directed India’s environment ministry to revert to an older definition of forests…
“Remove Van Gujjars from the forests … and all the animals will die of thirst,”…
Decline in forest produce in Madhya Pradesh is impacting the livelihood of forest dwellers and…
The ability of forests to take up carbon dioxide is driven by multiple feedback loops,…
In recent years, cities all over the world have recognised the importance of urban green…
A new study evaluating the impacts of the 740-kilometre long Konkan Railway line has thrown…
Tropical forest landscapes are home to millions of Indigenous peoples and small-scale farmers. Just about…
In 2021, the village of Kodalpalli in Odisha’s Nayagarh district became one of the few…
A report by scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) outlines how the endangered…
The indigenous peoples’ engagements with forests are based on respect, responsibility, trust and relationships whereas…
Allowing forests to regenerate on their own has been championed as a strategy for reducing…
Just days before the Lok Sabha passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 — with…
India is now home to at least 3,682 tigers – a new record that surpasses…
“We are independent from Lantana’s fury,” beams Basant Jharia, a local community member in Central…
A Bill proposing radical changes to India’s forest law came closer to becoming legislation on…
The amendment to the Forest Conservation Act passed through the committee phase last week. It…
As global temperatures rise, trees in colder areas are benefiting from an extended growing season….
The onset of summer months means a bumper harvest of cashews in the Nayagarh district…
Certain categories of forest land will no longer be legally protected, as proposed by the…
In 2007, 625.82 square kilometres of area inside the Tadoba reserve, in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district,…
On January 1 this year, when everyone was welcoming the new year, residents of Panthar…
Legislation passed earlier this year fundamentally restructures how India’s forests are governed, legal experts and…
As fragmentation of forests, commercial plantations and uncertain weather conditions threaten the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve…