Forest Rights
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SC on illegal constructions in Corbett park: Amazed by Uttarakhand ex-forest minister’s audacity
Over 6,000 trees were illegally cut for the Pakhro tiger safari project while permission was granted for just 163 trees, a Forest Survey of India found in 2022.
Scroll Staff
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To compensate for mining projects, Adivasi land in Jharkhand is being taken over for afforestation
New forests are coming up in areas traditionally used by locals for cultivation, for accessing forest produce, for grazing livestock and even burying the dead.
Tanvi Deshpande, IndiaSpend.com
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Parliament clears Bill to amend Forest Conservation Act
Environmentalists have expressed concern about provisions of the Bill that seek to exclude some forest land from the ambit of the law.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Explained: The Forest Conservation Amendment Bill that has sparked concern
The contentious legislation was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Scroll Staff
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Parliament panel clears all amendments to Forest Conservation Act, four Opposition MPs dissent
The committee did not recommend a single change to the Bill even though environmentalists have claimed that it will open up forests for commercial use.
Scroll Staff
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How Adivasis in an MP village are being dispossessed: First for ‘development’, now ‘afforestation’
After losing their homes to a reservoir, communities in Hoshangabad are being barred from large parts of forest land taken over for environmental plantations.
Akanksha Mishra
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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In Dudhwa National Park, Tharu women are engaged in a long-standing fight for forest rights
Since the birth of the national park in 1978, the local inhabitants have been harassed, attacked and beaten by forest officials.
Tarun Kanti Bose
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How wildlife conservation laws and policies have reduced the Forest Rights Act to a paper tiger
The act was expected to recognise the rights of forest-dwelling groups to forest land. Now, a lot rests on the pending SC verdict on its constitutionality.
Afrah Asif & Garima Sidar
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How the discussion on wildlife conservation has sidelined the rights of forest-dwelling communities
Beyond the buzz on cheetahs at Kuno National Park are the indigenous groups whose lives, intertwined with the forests and its animals, have changed overnight.
Nikita Sonavane, Mrinalini Ravindranath & Harsh Kinger
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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A railway project to the China border in Sikkim is violating land rights of indigenous communities
Land for the 45-km-long line that runs through thickly forested regions has been acquired by side-stepping issues of compensation and forest rights.
Niladry Sarkar, IndiaSpend.com
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India at 75: What would our forests say about being the ecological property of the nation-state?
The third in an exclusive series of essays to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, by winners of the New India Foundation Fellowship for writers.
Maya Ratnam
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Will the change in forest conservation rules by the Centre affect Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo movement?
The government has deleted a key clause on a gram sabha seeking consent from local populations before diverting forest land.
Alisha Dutta, IndiaSpend.com
The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver