-Down to Earth Ranthambhore tigers, Chambal gharials and a host of other species could be in trouble due to the clearance given to the highway proposals The Union government has approved Forest land diversion for three highway proposals in Rajasthan’s Ranthambhore and Mukundara Tiger Reserves, disregarding the Wildlife Institute of India (WII)’s views, a Right to Information (RTI) application by Down To Earth has revealed. The proposals were approved October 5 last year...
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Why the Dangs has not been able to implement FRA properly -Kankana Trivedi
-Down to Earth The ‘real owner’ of Forest land is still the Forest department. Such brazen violation of the law betrays a systematic attempt to implement FRA, reducing it to a symbol rather than a tool of empowerment The Dangs, the smallest district in Gujarat, is a thickly Forested and tribal-dominated region that has been away from the ‘developmental’ paradigm till today. Some 77.5 per cent of its area is under Forest cover,...
More »Ten gram sabhas object to mining in Chhattisgarh's biodiversity rich Forest -Jayashree Nandi
-Hindustan Times Among the major concerns of the gram sabhas with the proposed acquisition of the Forest land is that it is being done without their consent and even before the land is diverted under the provisions of the Forest conservation act Ten gram sabhas from Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, mainly consisting of people from the Gond tribe, have raised objections to Centre’s intention to acquire 712.072 hectares (ha) of land for mining...
More »Bird flu reported in 4 states, Centre takes precautionary measures: All you need to know -Arpan Rai
-Hindustan Times The grim development comes just a month before India is set to witness a second migration period. Thousands of birds have died due to different variants of bird flu in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, prompting the Centre to issue an alert to the states to monitor their health in Forest areas and near water bodies. The Union ministry of fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying on Wednesday pointed...
More »Don’t ignore the women farmers -Thamizhachi Thangapandian
-The Hindu The gender gap in the agriculture sector will only widen more with the current farm laws Eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan once said, “Some historians believe that it was women who first domesticated crop plants and thereby initiated the art and science of farming. While men went out hunting in search of food, women started gathering seeds from the native flora and began cultivating those of interest from the point...
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