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After PMO’s Intervention, Power Ministry Drops the Idea of Decentralising Carbon Markets in India

Prudhviraj Rupavath

May 17, 2023

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Atta ur Rehman, a tailor and resident of New Delhi’s Tughlakabad basti, amidst the remains of his demolished home, built 11 years ago

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Thousands Traumatised In New Delhi: As Law Is Ignored, Homes & Lives Are Torn Apart For G20 Summit

Prudhviraj Rupavath, Mukta Joshi

May 7, 2023

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Energy major Suzlon has set up windmills on leased tribal land in Nallasingha village of Attappady block of Kerala. A high-level government committee has asked the land to be returned to the tribal people.

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Displaced by settlers: Tribal communities in Kerala’s Attappady block are being alienated from their land

Jeff Joseph

April 16, 2023

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After High Court Verdict, Thousands Fear Homelessness, As Dehradun Government Begins Illegal Evictions

Mukta Joshi

March 6, 2023

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Tribal Panel Invokes Special Powers to Evaluate States’ Implementation of Forest Rights Act

Prudhviraj Rupavath

February 27, 2023

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Farmers in Ramod village in Kotda Sangani tehsil in the western Gujarat district of Rajkot. They have filed complaints seeking corrections in their land titles, which they say are erroneous.

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How Gujarat’s Rural Land Digitisation Programme Was Botched, Starting A Fresh Trail Of Land Litigation

Prudhviraj Rupavath

December 8, 2022

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Future adrift: India’s Indigenous Meitei lose floating homestays

Mukta Joshi

December 6, 2022

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A security personnel stands guard next to a COP27 sign at the COP27 climate summit venue in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 20, 2022.

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The Five Upshots of COP27 – and Its Principal Triumph

Radhika Chatterjee & Mrinali K

November 23, 2022

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COP27: Adaptation Draft Text Drops Equity, Science Over Poorer Countries’ Protests

Mrinali K

November 18, 2022

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COP27: Poorer Countries Seek Bold Action, Richer Countries Try to Stall and Delay

Radhika Chatterjee

November 17, 2022

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How Tamil Nadu has denied its forest dwellers their land rights

Jeff Joseph

November 16, 2022

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“जलवायु परिवर्तन सम्मेलन में हमारी नज़र विकसित देशों पर है जो अपने वादों से पीछे हट रहे हैं”

Mrinali K

November 14, 2022

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COP27: “Our focus at COP27 is developed countries backtracking on their Mitigation Commitments”

Mrinali K

November 14, 2022

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COP27: After Missing Funds Promise, US Asks Countries To Ask Private Sector

Radhika Chatterjee & Mrinali K

November 12, 2022

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Diego Pacheco, Bolivia, on behalf of Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs)

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Developed Countries Plan To Continue Using Carbon Space of Developing Countries

Radhika Chatterjee

November 11, 2022

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Changes in conservation rules ease development projects on forest land

Prudhviraj Rupavath

November 10, 2022

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Forest Rights Act: Over 1.6M Families Face Threat of Eviction From Forest Land

Prudhviraj Rupavath

November 8, 2022

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COP27 : Five issues that could see developed and developing nations locking horns over

Radhika Chatterjee & Mrinali K

November 4, 2022

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Arjun Sahariya, husband of the deceased Rampyari

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गुना में जहाँ ज़मीन के लिए महिला को ज़िंदा जलाया गया, वहां सैकड़ों आदिवासियों की जमीनों पर है अवैध कब्ज़ा

Satish Bhartiya

November 1, 2022

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After Tall Speeches, UK Defaults on $288M Committed to Green Climate Fund

Mrinali K

October 21, 2022

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Net Zero Targets: A Shot In The Dark At Mitigating Climate Change

Radhika Chatterjee

October 21, 2022

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क्लाइमेट फाइनेंस की अस्पष्ट परिभाषा से विकासशील देशों के लिए दिक्कत

Mrinali K

October 14, 2022

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Developing Nations Battle For Clarity As Climate Finance Remains Inadequate

Mrinali K

October 7, 2022

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A map of Manuguru town. The push for urban local bodies in Fifth Schedule areas such as Manuguru undermines the right to local self-governance guaranteed by the Constitution.

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Are tribal panchayats in protected areas being illegally converted to municipalities?

Anmol Gupta & Jeff Joseph

September 22, 2022

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A Decade Of Resisting Law That Gives Adivasis Rights Over Forests = Climate Disasters For Himachal Pradesh

Manshi Asher

September 21, 2022

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सागर जिले के केवलारी कलां गांव के गणेश चढ़ार जिनकी 2.47 एकड़ जमीन अभी तक कंप्यूटरीकृत नहीं हुई

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मध्य प्रदेश में भूमि रिकॉर्ड में गड़बड़ी, दलितों-आदिवासियों की जमीन दूसरों के नाम

Satish Bhartiya

September 2, 2022

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How Poor Implementation of FRA Deprives Tamil Nadu's Irulas of Livelihood

Jeff Joseph

August 23, 2022

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सरकार आदिवासियों और जंगल में रहने वालों की मर्जी के बिना वनों को काटने की स्वीकृति देने जा रही है

Mukta Joshi, Nitin Sethi

July 7, 2022

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Government to approve cutting down of forests without consent from tribals and forest dwellers

Mukta Joshi & Nitin Sethi

July 6, 2022

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Chhattisgarh tribals fighting back miners

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How are Chhattisgarh’s tribals fighting back miners in central India’s densest forest?

Pragathi Ravi

June 26, 2022

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Researchers at WII Fear for Academic Freedom With New Govt Interference

Jeff Joseph

June 10, 2022

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How the fight against a pipeline in Kerala travelled downstream

Jeff Joseph

May 18, 2022

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[विश्लेषण] अंधाधुंध हो रही जंगलों की कटाई लेकिन इसकी वित्तीय कीमत बढ़ाने को लेकर परहेज

Mrinali K

April 27, 2022

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[Analysis] Developers should pay a higher Net Present Value for cutting forests

Mrinali K

April 26, 2022

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Despite BJP's Claims, Jahangirpuri Demolitions Were Far From a Legitimate Anti-Encroachment Drive

Anmol Gupta, Jeff Joseph and Mukta Joshi

April 21, 2022

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Telangana govt stalls Podu land scrutiny: Nearly one lakh Adivasis hit

Prudhviraj Rupavath

April 9, 2022

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India’s push to resettle Kashmiri Hindus exposes old fault lines

Ashutosh Sharma

April 1, 2022

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Manipur’s BJP-Led Government Evaded The Law, Misled Court For Two Mega-Projects

Mukta Joshi

February 21, 2022

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Months Before Polls, Uttarakhand Govt Made Mining Easier In State Ravaged By Landslides, Deforestation

Prudhviraj Rupavath

February 14, 2022

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विश्लेषण: पिछले दो साल में नागालैंड राज्य के बराबर जंगल हुए ‘खराब’

Prudhviraj Rupavath

January 30, 2022

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[Analysis] Indian Forests Around The Size Of Nagaland, Thinned Down In Two Years

Prudhviraj Rupavath

January 27, 2022

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Denied Lawful Compensation For Land Acquired for Noida Airport, Farmers Contest Modi’s Claims

Mukta Joshi and Prudhviraj Rupavath

January 6, 2022

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How The Government Buried The Idea Of A Land Reforms Policy

Nihar Gokhale

October 30, 2021

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Drones To Resolve Rural Land Disputes: A Modi Govt Plan Spawns New Quarrels

Prudhviraj Rupavath

October 13, 2021

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In ‘World’s Largest’ Lift Irrigation Project, Telangana Govt Violates Land Acquisition Laws

Prudhviraj Rupavath and Shreethigha Ganeshan

September 15, 2021

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A Protest In West Bihar Shows How Unsurveyed Land Leaves Residents Vulnerable

Nihar Gokhale

August 27, 2021

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Clearance For A Jammu Dam Reveals How Fake Govt Claims Deprive India’s Tribals Of Legal Rights

Tapasya

August 19, 2021

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A U-turn On An Elephant Reserve, A Bonanza for Coal Miners

Nihar Gokhale

August 7, 2021

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उत्तराखंड: जंगल बचाने वाले ग्रामीणों का जंगल पर ही नहीं है कोई हक

Varsha Singh

August 4, 2021

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In Crucial Verdict, Supreme Court Allows TN To Acquire Land Using State Laws, Not LARR

Nihar Gokhale

July 24, 2021

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Centre's Plans To Link Aadhaar With Land Records Moves A Step Closer To Reality

Nihar Gokhale

July 15, 2021

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As Mining Returns To Ballari, Farmers Have Nowhere To Turn

Mohit M Rao

June 26, 2021

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Is Uttarakhand Abusing Disaster Management Laws To Allow Rampant Riverbed Mining?

Mukta Joshi

June 17, 2021

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Losing Ground - The Uncounted Costs Of Coastal Erosion

Nihar Gokhale

May 31, 2021

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Govt Ignored NTCA Warning That Sagarmala Plan Is Bad For Western Ghats Biodiversity

Nihar Gokhale

April 27, 2021

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Laws And Court Orders Say Delhi’s Ponds, Lakes Shouldn’t Disappear. They Do.

Flavia Lopes

April 22, 2021

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India’s Slow Race To An E-Bus Future

Bhasker Tripathi

April 19, 2021

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A Year After Delhi Riots, Muslim Families Are Selling Homes And Moving Out

Flavia Lopes

April 7, 2021

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Draft Amendment To Forest Conservation Act May Dilute Protection To Forests

Nihar Gokhale & Mukta Joshi

March 25, 2021

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International Org Questions India Decision To Dilute Coal Plants’ Pollution Norms

Bhasker Tripathi

March 16, 2021

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Can Forest Clearance Grantees Have Their Names Added In Record Of Rights, MoEF&CC Asks States

Nihar Gokhale & Mukta Joshi

March 11, 2021

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Rich, Upper-Caste Land Owners Will Benefit Most In MP Land Scheme

Mridula Chari

March 2, 2021

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An Impending SC Judgment Can Change How Land Rights Are Seen Countrywide

Nihar Gokhale

March 2, 2021

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Govt Land Barter Deal Dodges The Law, Benefits The Rich

Mridula Chari

March 1, 2021

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In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws In Favour Of Industry Over Farmers

Flavia Lopes & Mridula Chari

February 10, 2021

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Why UP Govt Filed 25 Criminal Cases Against This Dalit Farmer

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December 29, 2020

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Himachal Dam Evacuees Wait 50 Years For Rehabilitation

Nihar Gokhale

December 23, 2020

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Critical Wildlife Habitats Advisory Augurs Future Conflicts in National Parks

Nihar Gokhale

December 11, 2020

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How Urbanisation Went Wrong In Delhi's Lal Dora Villages

Flavia Lopes

November 17, 2020

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Mega Airport Plans, But A Pittance For Farmers

Nihar Gokhale

October 30, 2020

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Why Telangana’s Move To Formalise Land Records Could Leave Small Farmers Vulnerable

Mridula Chari

October 23, 2020

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Violating Own Laws, Govt Set To Allow 12 New Western Ghat Projects

Nihar Gokhale

September 24, 2020

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How Solar Farms Fuel Land Conflicts

Mridula Chari

September 21, 2020

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Under Cover Of Covid, India’s Poor Are Homeless

Nihar Gokhale & Mridula Chari

June 18, 2020

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How the ‘Orange Areas’ Dispute in Central India Leaves Dalit, Adivasi Farmers Without Land Rights

Nihar Gokhale

March 23, 2020

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Ground Report: As A Railway Line Grows, A River in Manipur Is Fighting For Survival

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February 24, 2020

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Ground Report: A Pending Railway Project Has Manipur Villages Living in Fear

Makepeace Sitlhou

February 21, 2020

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Homeless In Delhi: This Election, Former Nomads Are Asking For A Tiny Piece Of Land

Nihar Gokhale

February 7, 2020

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States Dither As Displaced Chhattisgarh Tribals Seek Land Rights In Andhra, Telangana

Nihar Gokhale

November 20, 2019

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How Maharashtra, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu Use Outdated State Laws To Acquire Land

Nihar Gokhale

October 9, 2019

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Centre Fills Up Sardar Sarovar Dam Even As State Warns Thousands Still In Submergence Area

Nihar Gokhale

September 7, 2019

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As SC Hearing Nears, Adivasis Recall Evictions That Led To Forest Law

Nihar Gokhale

July 22, 2019

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Dalit Battles For Promised Lands Rage Across India

Nihar Gokhale

June 7, 2019

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Tribals Invented Sev 200 Years Ago. Now, Sev Makers Are Evicting Them

Nihar Gokhale

April 1, 2019

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As Supreme Court Stays Eviction Of 9.5 Million Forest Dwellers, Here’s How States Illegally Rejected Land Claims

Nihar Gokhale

March 2, 2019

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Government, Industries Nationwide Dodge Law, Take Over Forest Land Without Consent Of Tribal Communities

Manira Chaudhary

January 5, 2019

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$6.5bn Afforestation Fund Has Pitted Forest Depts Against Tribals, Again

Bhasker Tripathi

November 24, 2018

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In Lush, Prosperous Goa, The Growth Of Luxury Hotels–Up 170% In 10 Years–Is Sparking Conflict

Nihar Gokhale

November 10, 2018

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How Govts Across India Are Violating Forest Rights

Bipasha Majumder

March 22, 2018

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Conflicts Across India As States Create Land Banks For Private Investors

Bhasker Tripathi

September 19, 2017

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Pushed Out Of The Woods

Bhasker Tripathi

June 24, 2017

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February 3, 2022

The Japan Times

India's forest-planting push leaves Indigenous women out in the cold

January 21, 2022

BBC Hindi

अयोध्याः 'साहब, हम सबको यहीं गाड़ दो और हमारी ज़मीन ले जाओ'

June 26, 2019

The Print

Indian Courts Clogged with Land Disputes Because Laws Keep Conflicting Each Other

March 1, 2020

Reuters

India's Tree Planting, Conservation Push Sparks Land Conflicts

May 1, 2021

The Swaddle

Tell Me More: Talking Land Protection and Forest Rights With Kumar Sambhav

July 22, 2021

Mongabay India

Study Draws Attention to Political Reforms for the Success of Forest Carbon Finance

July 9, 2021

Newsclick

Puri Airport: Dalit and Landless Communities Continue Struggle for Land Rights

July 14, 2021

Mongabay India

Land Conflicts on the Horizon as India Pursues a Clean Energy Future

January 17, 2020

The Wire

Why a Government Campaign to Plant More Trees Can't Be a Good Idea by Default

December 4, 2019

News Click

National Conservation Cover in Haryana Shrunk by 47%

November 20, 2019

Business Standard

These tribals were displaced from Chhattisgarh. Can they get land rights in AP?

October 18, 2019

News Click

How Haryana and Maharashtra Govts Sidelined Environment to Benefit Corporates

October 12, 2019

IndiaSpend

Why Disaster Rehab Must Focus On Landless Dalit Farmers

October 11, 2019

News Click

Defunct Legal Provisions Being Used for Land Acquisition in 3 States: Report

September 10, 2019

News Click

Aravallis to Be Kept Out of National Conservation Zone to Further Corporate Interests

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After PMO’s Intervention, Power Ministry Drops the Idea of Decentralising Carbon Markets in India

Thousands Traumatised In New Delhi: As Law Is Ignored, Homes & Lives Are Torn Apart For G20 Summit

Displaced by settlers: Tribal communities in Kerala’s Attappady block are being alienated from their land

After High Court Verdict, Thousands Fear Homelessness, As Dehradun Government Begins Illegal Evictions

Tribal Panel Invokes Special Powers to Evaluate States’ Implementation of Forest Rights Act

How Gujarat’s Rural Land Digitisation Programme Was Botched, Starting A Fresh Trail Of Land Litigation

Future adrift: India’s Indigenous Meitei lose floating homestays

The Five Upshots of COP27 – and Its Principal Triumph

COP27: Adaptation Draft Text Drops Equity, Science Over Poorer Countries’ Protests

COP27: Poorer Countries Seek Bold Action, Richer Countries Try to Stall and Delay

How Tamil Nadu has denied its forest dwellers their land rights

“जलवायु परिवर्तन सम्मेलन में हमारी नज़र विकसित देशों पर है जो अपने वादों से पीछे हट रहे हैं”

COP27: “Our focus at COP27 is developed countries backtracking on their Mitigation Commitments”

COP27: After Missing Funds Promise, US Asks Countries To Ask Private Sector

Developed Countries Plan To Continue Using Carbon Space of Developing Countries

Changes in conservation rules ease development projects on forest land

Forest Rights Act: Over 1.6M Families Face Threat of Eviction From Forest Land

COP27 : Five issues that could see developed and developing nations locking horns over

गुना में जहाँ ज़मीन के लिए महिला को ज़िंदा जलाया गया, वहां सैकड़ों आदिवासियों की जमीनों पर है अवैध कब्ज़ा

After Tall Speeches, UK Defaults on $288M Committed to Green Climate Fund

Net Zero Targets: A Shot In The Dark At Mitigating Climate Change

क्लाइमेट फाइनेंस की अस्पष्ट परिभाषा से विकासशील देशों के लिए दिक्कत

Developing Nations Battle For Clarity As Climate Finance Remains Inadequate

Are tribal panchayats in protected areas being illegally converted to municipalities?

A Decade Of Resisting Law That Gives Adivasis Rights Over Forests = Climate Disasters For Himachal Pradesh

मध्य प्रदेश में भूमि रिकॉर्ड में गड़बड़ी, दलितों-आदिवासियों की जमीन दूसरों के नाम

How Poor Implementation of FRA Deprives Tamil Nadu's Irulas of Livelihood

सरकार आदिवासियों और जंगल में रहने वालों की मर्जी के बिना वनों को काटने की स्वीकृति देने जा रही है

Government to approve cutting down of forests without consent from tribals and forest dwellers

How are Chhattisgarh’s tribals fighting back miners in central India’s densest forest?

Researchers at WII Fear for Academic Freedom With New Govt Interference

How the fight against a pipeline in Kerala travelled downstream

[विश्लेषण] अंधाधुंध हो रही जंगलों की कटाई लेकिन इसकी वित्तीय कीमत बढ़ाने को लेकर परहेज

[Analysis] Developers should pay a higher Net Present Value for cutting forests

Despite BJP's Claims, Jahangirpuri Demolitions Were Far From a Legitimate Anti-Encroachment Drive

Telangana govt stalls Podu land scrutiny: Nearly one lakh Adivasis hit

India’s push to resettle Kashmiri Hindus exposes old fault lines

Manipur’s BJP-Led Government Evaded The Law, Misled Court For Two Mega-Projects

Months Before Polls, Uttarakhand Govt Made Mining Easier In State Ravaged By Landslides, Deforestation

विश्लेषण: पिछले दो साल में नागालैंड राज्य के बराबर जंगल हुए ‘खराब’

[Analysis] Indian Forests Around The Size Of Nagaland, Thinned Down In Two Years

Denied Lawful Compensation For Land Acquired for Noida Airport, Farmers Contest Modi’s Claims

How The Government Buried The Idea Of A Land Reforms Policy

Drones To Resolve Rural Land Disputes: A Modi Govt Plan Spawns New Quarrels

In ‘World’s Largest’ Lift Irrigation Project, Telangana Govt Violates Land Acquisition Laws

A Protest In West Bihar Shows How Unsurveyed Land Leaves Residents Vulnerable

Clearance For A Jammu Dam Reveals How Fake Govt Claims Deprive India’s Tribals Of Legal Rights

A U-turn On An Elephant Reserve, A Bonanza for Coal Miners

उत्तराखंड: जंगल बचाने वाले ग्रामीणों का जंगल पर ही नहीं है कोई हक

In Crucial Verdict, Supreme Court Allows TN To Acquire Land Using State Laws, Not LARR

Centre's Plans To Link Aadhaar With Land Records Moves A Step Closer To Reality

As Mining Returns To Ballari, Farmers Have Nowhere To Turn

Is Uttarakhand Abusing Disaster Management Laws To Allow Rampant Riverbed Mining?

Losing Ground - The Uncounted Costs Of Coastal Erosion

Govt Ignored NTCA Warning That Sagarmala Plan Is Bad For Western Ghats Biodiversity

Laws And Court Orders Say Delhi’s Ponds, Lakes Shouldn’t Disappear. They Do.

India’s Slow Race To An E-Bus Future

A Year After Delhi Riots, Muslim Families Are Selling Homes And Moving Out

Draft Amendment To Forest Conservation Act May Dilute Protection To Forests

International Org Questions India Decision To Dilute Coal Plants’ Pollution Norms

Can Forest Clearance Grantees Have Their Names Added In Record Of Rights, MoEF&CC Asks States

Rich, Upper-Caste Land Owners Will Benefit Most In MP Land Scheme

An Impending SC Judgment Can Change How Land Rights Are Seen Countrywide

Govt Land Barter Deal Dodges The Law, Benefits The Rich

In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws In Favour Of Industry Over Farmers

Why UP Govt Filed 25 Criminal Cases Against This Dalit Farmer

Himachal Dam Evacuees Wait 50 Years For Rehabilitation

Critical Wildlife Habitats Advisory Augurs Future Conflicts in National Parks

How Urbanisation Went Wrong In Delhi's Lal Dora Villages

Mega Airport Plans, But A Pittance For Farmers

Why Telangana’s Move To Formalise Land Records Could Leave Small Farmers Vulnerable

Violating Own Laws, Govt Set To Allow 12 New Western Ghat Projects

How Solar Farms Fuel Land Conflicts

Under Cover Of Covid, India’s Poor Are Homeless

How the ‘Orange Areas’ Dispute in Central India Leaves Dalit, Adivasi Farmers Without Land Rights

Ground Report: As A Railway Line Grows, A River in Manipur Is Fighting For Survival

Ground Report: A Pending Railway Project Has Manipur Villages Living in Fear

Homeless In Delhi: This Election, Former Nomads Are Asking For A Tiny Piece Of Land

States Dither As Displaced Chhattisgarh Tribals Seek Land Rights In Andhra, Telangana