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The new development plan of Shimla was meant to address the expansion needs of the city as well as growing ecological challenges besides ensuring the city’s sustainable growth. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

Is Shimla’s first major development plan in 43 years a lost opportunity?

Vivek Gupta 24 Jun 2022

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

Rituja Mitra 22 Jun 2022

Low prices offered by the government pushes tendu leaf collectors to explore open market

Alok Prakash Putul 21 Jun 2022

[Commentary] 100 years of “saving” India’s soil: What needs to change?

Anuja Malhotra and Abi T. Vanak 13 Jun 2022

Farmer unions demand vermin status for wild boars, Centre highlights their role in forest habitat

K.A. Shaji 9 Jun 2022

Poachers saw off horn, but leave rhino alive in a unique case in Assam

Nabarun Guha and Sahana Ghosh 3 Jun 2022
Image shows a village meeting in Maharashtra, India

[Commentary] Tracing Panchayati Raj’s role in deepening democracy and decolonising governance over 30 years

C. R. Bijoy 25 May 2022
Hundreds of tribals are now camping in the forest to save the HasdeoAranyaforest which is spread over 70,000 square kilometers in the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Photo by Alok Prakash Putul

In the midst of coal shortage reports, a coal mine extension is approved in pristine Hasdeo forests

Alok Prakash Putul 25 May 2022

India has high proportion of priority areas for tree conservation and restoration, says study

Carolyn Cowan 23 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

Wrong trees in wrong places wastes tree plantation budget, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 6 May 2022
Forest team patrolling with the help of captive elephants in Madhya Pradesh. Image by Satyendra Kumar Tiwari

Spirits are low this mahua season as fear and grief take over these MP villages

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Apr 2022
India has multiple laws to govern its forests including the Forest Conservation Act 1980 which deals with the diversion of forests for non-forestry purposes. Photo by Paul Hamilton/Wikimedia Commons.

[Analysis] Developers should pay a higher Net Present Value for cutting forests

Mrinali K. 26 Apr 2022
Image shows woody stem of Rubus ellipticus with fruiting

Himalayan medicinal plants under threat due to climate change

T. V. Padma 19 Apr 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
National Tiger Conservation Authority report says a majority of the 575 local people surveyed were positive about the introduction of the tiger. Photo by Ayush Baheti/ Wikimedia Commons.

Is a tiger reserve in Rajasthan’s Kumbhalgarh a bad idea?

Rosamma Thomas 8 Apr 2022
More than 500 fire blowers have been supplied to the field staff for immediate tackling of fire points. Photo by the Forest Department.

One year of Similipal forest fire: The hits and misses

Tazeen Qureshy 7 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

[Commentary] Reorienting environmental concerns under CSR in India

Mohan Chandra Pargaien 28 Mar 2022