Forest Act

The Great Nicobar serpent-eagle near Campbell Bay.

Govt Committee Wants Tiny Buffer Zone for National Park for ‘Holistic Development’

Mayank Aggarwal 11/03/2021

Environment ministry okayed a near-negligible eco-sensitive zone around the...

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FRA Can Now Be Implemented in J&K – so Why Hasn’t It Been Implemented?

Athar Parvaiz 18/01/2020

Tribal leaders and activists say that despite the FRA...

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In a Country That Worshipped Tigers, Whence the Idea of ‘Man-Eater’?

Nivedita N. 24/11/2019

The storied trajectory of the 'man-eating tiger' in the...

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Government Withdraws Controversial Amendments to Forest Rights Act

The Wire Staff 16/11/2019

The decision comes just a few weeks before the Jharkhand...

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NDA’s Draft Forest Law Is More Draconian Than What the British Left Us With

M. Sridhar Acharyulu 02/07/2019

The draft Bill gives more power and impunity to...

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The Supreme Court Sends Forest Rights Back to a Dark Past

Tanay Gandhi 25/02/2019

In colonial India, encroachers were thought of as 'evil'...

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Forest Dwellers Are the Best Protectors of the Environment

Omair Ahmad 07/04/2017

Prakash Kashwan’s Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and...