Urban wildlife and disappearing commons
"What are we supposed to feel when a sarkari animal carries our children away? Are we still supposed to love the animal and the sarkar?" This plea by an activist working with poor people living in
"What are we supposed to feel when a sarkari animal carries our children away? Are we still supposed to love the animal and the sarkar?" This plea by an activist working with poor people living in
The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective conservation will not be possible unless this policy is reversed.
What happens if conservation is based on half baked knowledge? Ask a person rendered homeless by wildlife managers <br><br> No conservation strategy will succeed in India unless the biomass requirements of the local communities are harmoniously integra
Van Gujjars in the Shivalik foothills vociferously claim managing authority of the Rajaji National Park
Some exciting recent developments indicate that India s forest people might soon have their home rights restored and be allowed to manage their own affairs
The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves
Management ofprotected areas has been one of the principal bones of contention between the various shades of interested opinions in the country. Environmentalists, social workers, reasearchers, NGO activists, bureaucrats and parliamentarians got toge
The birth pangs of development have been faced so far by the downtrodden, but things need to change soon
The conservation of forests and Natural Ecosystems Bill, sponsored by the ministry of environment and forests, seeks to weed out an obsolete colonial act. But people"s rights will still take a beating if the Bill goes through
Restrictions on use of natural resources in protected areas are driving the local communities dependent on forest produce for their survival to a state of deprivation. Conservation strategies can be sustainable only when it involves indigenous people in t
THE intentions of the recent Jungle Jivan Bachao Yatra, during which environmental activists and villagers living around India's national parks and sanctuaries went on a 45-day walkathon through 18
The government must undertake a serious study of human nature interaction before declaring any area a national park
On global issues Kamal Nath was prepared to take positions unpalatable to his bureaucrats and worked closely with CSE. But he was not willing to go far on national issues, especially on the crucial one of participatory natural resource management
Geographical Information Systems is revolutionising the present and portend a happier future. Or so we hope in the maps of our minds.
Yet another controversial move by our environment and forests ministry could ring the death knell for India's biodiversity
Conservation policies practised in the developing world need to tread cautiously on territories which had for generations, belonged to the people, says a statement by the Centre for Science and Environment
The Supreme Court decision to direct state governments to arm forest guards draws flak
I WOULD like to strongly denounce the message sent by Rajesh Pilot to this august assembly to discuss people's management of the Riljaji National Park by the Van Gujjars. It appears from his message
A walkathon through 5 states traverses through a rich crop of traditional conservation methods and a thicket of disputes