India’s forest laws are being quietly rewritten, shifting power from gram sabhas to corporations and the executive. Ankit Mishra breaks down how amendments, EIAs and weakened safeguards are ...

A national-scale study of the relationship between forest loss and rainfall and temperature trends in India reveals climate change may have contributed to huge declines during last two decades, ...

On December 18, 2006, the Rajya Sabha endorsed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, enacted by the Lok Sabha. This Act, commonly known as the ...

For thousands of years native people enjoyed the scenic juncture where the Rock and Kishwaukee rivers meet. Today 50 acres of this unique spot are protected as Indian Hill Forest Preserve. Nearby is ...