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Excerpt: How a Women’s Collective Fought the Climate Injustice Wracking India

Prakash Kashwan, Ashlesha Khadse and Kavita Srinivasan 21/11/2022

The nexus of the climate crisis and socioeconomic and...

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The Congenital Disease of the Conservation Movement Has Come Home To Roost

S. Faizi 25/10/2022

The preferences, priorities and pennies of corporate interests are...

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Interview: Sudha Bharadwaj on the Climate, Trade Unions and a Just Transition

Nagraj Adve 29/07/2022

'Trade unions are a crucial social force for democratising...

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How New Forest Diversion Rules Deal a Body Blow to the Forest Rights Act

C.R. Bijoy 11/07/2022

The new 2022 Forest Conservation Rules seek to override...

Tendu leaves from the East Indian ebony tree are a commonly collected non-timber forest product in India. The leaves are wrapped around tobacco to make local Indian cigarettes. Credit: Subhodkiran via Wikimedia Commons.

India’s COVID Recovery Plan for Indigenous Groups Is Further Marginalising Them

Sushmita 04/05/2021

The assumption underlying compensatory afforestation is that the loss...

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Shifting Baselines: Our Elders’ Stories Can Tell Us How Good Our Future Can Be

Madhu Ramnath 10/01/2021

If we assume the present state of nature to...

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Critical Wildlife Habitats Advisory Augurs Future Conflicts in National Parks

Nihar Gokhale 11/12/2020

Forest rights activists and social scientists worry that the...