Library:Tata Institute of Social Sciences,Guwahati

  Sikar Utsav, while culturally significant to some, presents a grave threat to the wildlife and the ecosystems of Southwest Bengal. The sol...

  The executive must rectify this predation on precious forested land. But such interventions are contingent upon sustained public pressure,...

  Recently, during the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19) in New York, a significant report titled “International ...

  The Chhattisgarh government has become only the second state in the country to   recognise Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights of a vil...

Transplanting must not justify removing trees The draft policy states that transplantation will be undertaken only when more than 10 tre...

Failing the forest Both human rights and wildlife rights groups have not used the Forest Rights Act as a conservation tool On Febr...

To protect tigers, India needs more better-equipped forest personnel India is currently the most dangerous country in the world for fore...

Why the latest study on global forest cover must be taken with a pinch of salt Like the Indian government’s State of Forest report, the ...

India Among Top 10 Nations in Terms of Forest Area Our Political Bureau New Delhi:  India has increased its forest and tree cover 1%...

Just 3% forest area under community governance' Jayashree Nandi New Delhi:   Millions of forest dweller...

Forest rights and wrongs Social activists and wildlife groups must acknowledge that no rights can be championed, nor wildlife saved, if ...

Assured on tribal rights, RS OKs afforestation funds bill New Delhi: TIMES NEWS NETWORK   A much-awaited bill...

‘Draft’ national forest policy: Good riddance to bad rubbish A week after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) put out a docum...

Decisions of the people, by the people, for the people People’s objections, from Chhattisgarh to Odisha, against large development p...