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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

[Commentary] Can CAMPA compensate for the loss of forest land?

Himanshu Upadhyaya, Vaishnavi Paliya 6 Jan 2025
The latest forest survey reports a 1,446 sq. km. increase in forest and tree cover since 2021, with 156 sq. km. in forest cover and 1,289 sq. km. in tree cover. Image by Pooja Rathod via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Forest Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to natural ecosystems

Kundan Pandey 27 Dec 2024
Kadaknath chicken at a government farm in Jhabua. Its color is black—every part of it, including its blood. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra / Mongabay.

A fowl that travelled from forests to farms

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Jul 2024

[Book Review] Who are the true stewards of the forests? Decoding forest laws and community rights

Vandana K. 3 Jul 2024

[Explainer] What is the Sixth Schedule? Why is Ladakh demanding to be brought under it?

Kundan Pandey 17 May 2024

Species no bar: Langurs forge unusual alliances in the wild

Arathi Menon 18 Apr 2024
Pine needles being collected from the forest floor at Sunderbani forests, Nowshera Forest Division

Converting pine needles from a fire risk into a livelihood opportunity

Hirra Azmat 1 Apr 2024

[Commentary] Exploring gender in forest landscape restoration initiatives

Alejandro von Bertrab, Aruneema Singh, Kundan Burnwal 8 Mar 2024
Saras Mela in Noida

Crafting a sustainable future for artisans using bamboo

Kundan Pandey 28 Feb 2024
A couple from a local community harvesting sago palm on the banks of the Tuba river in a village in Maluku province, Indonesia.

Community forest management linked to positive social, environmental outcomes: study

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Dec 2023
Groups of four women form a forest patrol team in Kodalpalli village in Odisha’s Nayagarh district.

The Forest Rights Act sees outcome in a women-led forest stewardship scheme in Odisha

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Nov 2023

Dachigam National Park at risk as forest cover, natural habitat reduces, reveals study

Hirra Azmat 24 Nov 2023
Farmer Ghulam Hassan examines the feathery shell of the damaged saffron corms and a quill that is left behind by the porcupines following a nocturnal attack on his field.

Loss of forest cover in Kashmir is pitting a protected animal against the world’s costliest spice

Abrar Mattoo 23 Nov 2023
Bright yellow flowers and thick green canopy make Senna attractive. Photo by P.A. Vinayan

Wayanad’s soured relationship with Senna

Arathi Menon 13 Nov 2023
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023
A part of the forest area close to the elephant corridor at the Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by Manish Kumar.

[Commentary] Forestry, people and India’s renewed NDC commitments

Sushmita 23 Dec 2022
Intentional burning of jhum gone out of control at a forest adjacent to Phalee, during Phalee Luita, a seed sowing festival. Photo by Shemchon Awungshi, Phalee BMC.

[Commentary] Documenting the flora and fauna of Phalee to mitigate the impact of forest fires

Ng Ngashangva 7 Nov 2022
Amit Kumar Bal setting camera traps

[Interview] Researcher Amit Kumar Bal on studying carnivores in the thick of Mizoram forests

Nabarun Guha 3 Oct 2022

In the name of development, Bihar is slowly losing its dense forests 

Umesh Kumar Ray 4 Aug 2022