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Claim filing process for the habitat rights in Mayurbhanj district. Image courtesy of Vasundhara (Shyam Sundar Sahoo)

[Explainer] What are habitat rights?

Shuchita Jha 13 Jan 2025

Supreme Court restores 1996 definition of forests in recent interim order

Simrin Sirur 27 Feb 2024

Controversial forest amendment bill passed in Lok Sabha, but key questions remain unanswered

Simrin Sirur 27 Jul 2023

Odisha villages claim their rights to use forest products and earn revenue from cashew

Aishwarya Mohanty 29 May 2023

[Commentary] The underbelly of the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2023

C. R. Bijoy 7 Apr 2023
Dudhwa national park in Uttar Pradesh

Tharu tribal women of Dudhwa battle for their right to the forest

Tarun Kanti Bose 9 Jan 2023

Land banks in Jharkhand may become a recipe for conflicts

Sushmita 22 Jul 2022

[Commentary] Pastoralists of Gujarat need a passage to participate in governance

Rituja Mitra 22 Jun 2022

Celebrating tiger numbers in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, while tribal residents await their rights

Arathi Menon 17 May 2022

[Commentary] Thirty years after the Rio Summit the green report card is not fully in the red

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 May 2022
Families displaced from Achanakmar Tiger Reserve left their pucca houses and built kutcha (non-permanent) houses. Photo by Alok Prakash Putul.

Two tiger reserves, two different stories of resettlement

Alok Prakash Putul, Translated by Abhishek Jha 18 Apr 2022
The government of India has been trying to change how India’s forests are governed, especially the national forest policy, for at least six years now. Photo by Nandhu Kumar/ Pixabay.

India seeks synergy in rules governing its forests

Mayank Aggarwal 6 Apr 2022
Villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Tatijharia village are facing severe problem of dust pollution due to bauxite mining. Photo by Rakesh Singh.

Parliament panel asks government to ensure faster green clearances for aluminium sector

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Mar 2022
River Yamuna is often counted amongst the most polluted rivers in India. Photo by Paasikivi/Wikimedia Commons.

India proposes river rejuvenation through plantations

Mayank Aggarwal 18 Mar 2022

Scented Marayoor forests under the threat of declassification and spike disease

K.A. Shaji 14 Dec 2021

[Commentary] Mapping the potential of Community Forest Resource Rights in central India

Sharachchandra Lele, Shruti Mokashi 11 Oct 2021

Yes, No or Maybe: Fate of Hasdeo Arand forest back in limbo

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Sep 2021

Iron ore mining in Chhattisgarh drives deforestation

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 1 Sep 2021

[Interview] “For Sherni we used academic rigour to study the topic of conservation”

Srikant Chaudhary 7 Jul 2021
A Van Gujjar with a herd of buffaloes. Rearing cattle is a part of their traditional nomadic lifestyle. Image credit: Radhika Gupta

Van Gujjars: People of the forest or nowhere?

Radhika Gupta 28 May 2021