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Many state reports documenting “unclassed forests” are incomplete

Simrin Sirur 23 May 2024

More than 15 years on, implementation of Forest Right Act is lagging, new report finds

Simrin Sirur 4 Apr 2024

[Commentary] The missing caste from commons: A reflection from a Telangana village

Amalendu Jyotishi, Dontha Prashanth, Gummadi Sridevi 9 Dec 2022

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
Sangnara depends mainly on agriculture and pastoralism for livelihood. Photo by Ravleen Kaur/ Mongabay.

Expansion of windmills in Kachchh impact unique thorn forest and wildlife

Ravleen Kaur 8 Apr 2022
Improving the efficiency of large solar parks is crucial to avoiding the requirement of installing more projects. Photo by Thomas Lloyd Group/Wikimedia Commons.

Reduce air pollution to avoid land conflicts due to solar projects, recommends study

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Mar 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Renewable energy, limited land

Mayank Aggarwal and Kartik Chandramouli 11 Mar 2022
Korba accounts for about 16 percent of India’s total coal production. Photo by Mayank Aggarwal/Mongabay.

Repurposing land in Korba’s coal mines can support a just transition

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2022
Men carry baskets of tomatoes in a field adjacent to the solar park in Pavagada, Karnataka. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Mongabay.

Given land for power, Pavagada residents now powerless

Arathi Menon 14 Feb 2022

For net-zero by 2050, India needs 2.5 percent of its land for clean energy installation

Mayank Aggarwal 10 Sep 2021

Land conflicts on the horizon as India pursues a clean energy future

Mayank Aggarwal 14 Jul 2021

A new tool to site renewable power projects to avoid conflicts

Arathi Menon 7 Jul 2021

Ignored and invisible: The burden of mining on women

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jan 2021

Removing forest dwellers from areas to protect biodiversity costs more than involving them: report

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Dec 2020

Are forest rules used against tribal people in Jammu and Kashmir?

Athar Parvaiz 1 Dec 2020

Latest Kaziranga expansion brings back fear of evictions among residents

Anupam Chakravartty 25 Nov 2020

There is a path to prosperity for India’s coal-dependent towns, but it’s tough

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Nov 2020

India’s largest coalfield to expand, green cover under threat

Manish Kumar 6 Nov 2020

Assam’s tribal communities lost land and forest to mining

Anupam Chakravartty 4 Nov 2020