Blogs

April 22, 2025

Green Turns Greedy: In Maharashtra’s Jalgaon, over 130 SC, tribal and minority families allege they were duped into selling ancestral farmland to solar companies.

Researcher:

Mahmodul Hassan

March 21, 2025

Only three coal mines have been scientifically closed in 16 years since Coal India Limited (CIL) first issued mine-closure guidelines. What does this mean for India's Just Transition?

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

March 3, 2025

Why did 62-year-old Hansraj want to be fined for “encroaching” on the land he has cultivated for years?

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

January 1, 2025

Satellite imagery reveals that illegal mining has devastated Rajasthan's Sota river, leading to depleted riverbeds, flattened hills, habitat loss and health issues. But local officials still claim there is no illegal mining in the area.

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

December 18, 2024

In Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, tribal communities are protesting state moves to declare Zudpi Jungle—a vital commons—as reserve forests.

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

November 23, 2024

The 2.1M acre Land Bank, created in 2016 by BJP-led Raghubar Das govt, included community lands without consent, threatening Adivasis & forest-dwellers’ rights.

Researcher:

Mahmodul Hassan

November 22, 2024

Will protests against Shaktipeeth Expressway project impact the Maharashtra election results? I

Researcher:

Mahmodul Hassan

November 20, 2024

As #Maharashtra heads to the polls today, how will tribal communities, whose lives are caught between tiger attacks and government inaction, shape the electoral outcome?

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

November 14, 2024

India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA) is facing backlash over its order to relocate tens of thousands of tribals from core tiger zones.

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

October 23, 2024

On 21 Oct, the Supreme Court extended its stay on tree-felling for the Bijwasan rail terminal in Delhi’s Dwarka. The next hearing will be on 13 Dec. Citizen activists have been leading the struggle to protect this contested “deemed forest.”

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

September 22, 2024

An auction for exploration of critical minerals, essential for clean-energy solutions, highlights the increasing clash between India’s green ambitions and those who bear the cost of this transition.

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

September 2, 2024

India, along with other petrochemical-producing countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, is resisting measures to cap plastic production in the global negotiations over curbing plastic pollution.

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

August 8, 2024

On #WorldIndigenousDay, we highlight 7 conflicts from India’s indigenous communities’ fight to protect “jal,” “jungle,” and “zameen,” preserving vital knowledge and cultural traditions.

Researcher:

Land Conflict Watch

August 4, 2024

Massive landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad on July 30 wiped out six villages. A week later, 389 people are confirmed dead, with 180 still missing. Rescue operations continue amid challenging conditions.

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July 29, 2024

Update: SC passed a significant order in the controversial #Haldwani railway land dispute, dealing with the rehabilitation of around 50,000 evictees of #Banbhoolpura area in the district.

Researcher:

Nayla Khwaja

July 5, 2024

Environmental concerns and constitutional violations in the NITI Aayog’s Great Nicobar Island (GNI) project- Rs 72,000 cr plan

Researcher:

Raju

June 20, 2024

The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) demolished 1320 “unauthorised constructions”, levelling Akbar Nagar, a 50-year-old Muslim-majority locality. Leaving 10,000 displaced.

Researcher:

Nayla Khwaja

June 4, 2024

This year’s World Environment Day campaign focuses on land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration." Here’s a set of in-depth environmental stories by our researchers👇

Researcher:

LCW researchers

May 2, 2024

As the 31st #WorldPressFreedomDay recognises the importance of journalism in the face of environmental crisis

Researcher:

LCW Team

April 29, 2024

Privately owned properties : common property resources under Indian Constitution? A nine-judge bench of SC to decide.

Researcher:

Anmol G

April 28, 2024

India has set an ambitious target of producing 500 GW energy from renewable sources by 2030.

Researcher:

Priyansha Chouhan

April 22, 2024

Communities in Jaisalmer have threatened to boycott #LokSabha2024 polls if the Orans, Rajasthans’ sacred groves, are not protected and the decision to grant them “deemed forest” status is not reversed.

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

April 4, 2024

The new Mopa airport in north Goa has led to unprecedented water woes for almost 7,000 residents spread across 6 villages.

Researcher:

Maitreya Prithwiraj Ghorpade

March 26, 2024

The aftermath of the #RoshniAct repeal : Locals say that politics around the law has left the poor & marginalised in fear of losing land

Researcher:

Rayan Naqash

March 6, 2024

A @LandConflict research on closed coal mines in Jharkhand reveals private players have not returned a single mine even to the state.

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

February 22, 2024

Adaptation : The "best insurance against climate change." Is it really?

Researcher:

February 20, 2024

The aftermath of a land conflict in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani

Researcher:

Nayla Khwaja

January 18, 2024

New land conflicts have arisen in #Ayodhya before the temple inauguration

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

December 30, 2023

Land Conflicts in 2023 & Looking Ahead in the New Year

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December 22, 2023

The ministries of AYUSH and environment and forests held a meeting with AYUSH industry reps. Result? A ‘direction’ to review the Biodiversity Act, exempting the industry from paying tribals for accessing their resources

Researcher:

Priyansha Chouhan

December 20, 2023

Assam government evicts over 900 families from Silsako wetland, mostly poor tribals, whereas the unauthorised big buildings and institutions belonging to the rich remain untouched

Researcher:

Priyansha Chauhan

December 5, 2023

Circular introduced by the #Odisha government promised compensation to forest-dwelling tribes, overlook laws already present to protect their land.

Researcher:

Anmol G

November 23, 2023

Ahead of the #RajasthanElections2023, Congress party released its ghoshna patra (manifesto) this week. Among a host of promises, it focuses on the state's push for #RenewableEnergy

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

November 14, 2023

Madhya Pradesh, a state with the largest tribal population, records highest atrocities against #ScheduledTribes in India.

Researcher:

Priyansha Chouhan

November 13, 2023

Will implementing PESA rules fulfil the demands of the tribal communities?

Researcher:

Anmol Gupta

November 2, 2023

Is #MadhyaPradesh's VanMitra portal a boon or a bane?

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

September 26, 2023

Revisiting the ruins of #evictiondrive in Assam

Researcher:

Mahmodul Hassan

September 8, 2023

Is Tamil Nadu's ban on purse seine fishing justified?

Researcher:

Jeff Joseph

September 7, 2023

Delhi's poor bear the brunt of #G20-linked evictions

Researcher:

August 24, 2023

Investigating lawful ownership and possession after demolitions in Nuh

Researcher:

Sukriti Vyas & Priyansha C

August 14, 2023

How State Action Left People Homeless

Researcher:

Anmol Gupta

August 7, 2023

Gross violations in the demolition drive

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats & Anmol Gupta

July 26, 2023

The Forest Conservation Amendment Bill 2023 passed amidst opposition protests in the Lok Sabha

Researcher:

Anmol Gupta and Priyansha Chouhan

June 11, 2023

New climate finance goal (NCQG) : An ongoing battle between rich and poor nations.

Researcher:

Mrinali K.

May 11, 2023

As Delhi gets a facelift before the #G20Summit, demolition drives across the city have intensified.

Researcher:

Prudhiviraj Rupavath & Mukta Joshi

April 13, 2023

Despite its relatively high human development indicators, Tamil Nadu has blocked some of its most vulnerable from earning a living.

Researcher:

April 12, 2023

Conservation, Evictions & Land conflicts

Researcher:

Mrinali K.

March 29, 2023

Changes in conservation rules ease development projects on forest land

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March 23, 2023

The National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone) has suspended the environmental clearance granted to JSW steel for two proposed projects

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November 9, 2022

Union Government's New Forest Conservation Rules

Researcher:

Prudhviraj

October 20, 2022

Punjab's Dalit groups, labourers and farmers protest to protect common lands

Researcher:

Dilraj Singh and Mukta Joshi

October 12, 2022

Podu land conflicts in Telangana

Researcher:

Prudhviraj Rupavath

August 21, 2022

Kerala's Latin Catholic Church, fisherfolk protest India's deepest port

Researcher:

Jeff Joseph

August 2, 2022

Forests being cut down with licence from the government

Researcher:

Prudhviraj Rupavath

July 18, 2022

Manipur government orders removal of Loktak homestays

Researcher:

Mukta Joshi

July 7, 2022

Dalit families evicted in Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun

Researcher:

Mukta Joshi

June 12, 2022

Union ministry’s ‘gag order’ on scientific research

Researcher:

Jeff Joseph

May 18, 2022

Fight against a pipeline in Kerala

Researcher:

Jeff Joseph

May 10, 2022

Contentious mining of Hasdeo Arand forests

Researcher:

Pragathi Ravi

April 20, 2022

Facts and data on Jahangirpuri demolitions

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January 23, 2022

New plan can spell doom for the Aravallis

Researcher:

Prudhviraj Rupavath and Mukta Joshi

January 18, 2022

Protest against a steel plant in Odisha

Researcher:

Moushumi Sharma

November 24, 2021

Farmers contest land acquisition for Jewar airport

Researcher:

Prudhviraj Rupavath and Mukta Joshi

The Supreme Court recently passed an important judgment expanding the constitutional right to property with respect to land acquisition carried out by the government. An explainer on the judgment’s significance.

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Is #MadhyaPradesh's VanMitra portal a boon or a bane?

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

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