ENVIRONMENT : FORESTS
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CAG AUDIT IN WEST BENGAL
Clearance revoked, but you can still have the forest land!
Clearance revoked, but you can still have the forest land!
A CAG audit report finds that despite the revocation of clearance for forest land diverted to a public sector power company, the land continues to be used by them. Himanshu Upadhyaya details this and other findings, which show thegloomy picture of forest governance in West Bengal.
 FOREST DIVERSION CLEARANCE
'E' is for efficiency, but what about empathy?The MoEF’s recent move introducing e-filing of applications for approval of forest land diversion may facilitate procedural agility and efficiency, but precludes the interpretation of environmental and human complexities critical to a fair process. Kanchi Kohli elaborates. |
 COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION HOAX
Rampant diversion, tardy reforestation in HimachalA recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India reveals blatant procedural and legal non-compliance in respect of compensatory afforestation work in Himachal Pradesh. Himanshu Upadhyaya summarises the findings. |
 CCI VS ENVIRONMENT
Is CCI a bypass lane for the laws?The Cabinet Commitee on Investment, set up with the express aim of expediting projects considered critical to economic growth, has passed several orders overturning regulatory mandates instituted earlier. Kanchi Kohli on where that leaves the environmental laws of the land. |
 WILDLIFE PROTECTION
Policy indifference threatens to make the Great Indian Bustard extinctA fragile grassland ecosystem combined with skewed thrust on conservation of forest lands vis-a-vis the arid dry grasslands paints a bleak future for the Great Indian Bustard, whose numbers are fast dwindling. Malini Shankar reports. |
 WILDLIFE PROTECTION
Why poaching still thrives in IndiaWildlife experts across India stress the need for more stronger cases backed by scientific evidence and administrative efficiency, speedy trials and effective prosecution of the guilty. Bosky Khanna reports. |
 FOREST PROTECTION
Life in uneasy forest terrainIn July this year, the B Marappa Memorial Trust and the Karnataka Forest Department honoured 14 professionals for their commitment towards and excellence in forest and wildlife protection. Bosky Khanna talks to two of them about their work, motivation and challenges. |
 SAVING THE WESTERN GHATS
Old trick, new attackThe MoEF's decision to have one committee examine the recommendations of another with respect to the protection of the eco-sensitive Western Ghats has resulted in needless contradiction and defeat of the core environmental objective. Shripad Dharmadhikary analyses the reports. |
 BAUXITE MINING IN ODISHA
Niyamgiri gets some time to breatheThe battle between Sterlite Industries and tribal communities over mining in the Niyamgiri hills may not be just over yet, but the most recent Supreme Court judgment empowering the gram sabha has come as a temporary reprieve for the people. Kanchi Kohli reports. |
 FIGHT FOR AMRUT MAHAL KAVAL
Diversion of forest land denouncedThe grant of close to 10000 acres of forest land in Chitradurga district for non-forestry purposes threatens the ecology as well as the means of subsistence of local communities, leading irate villagers to decide to boycott the impending State Assembly elections. Malini Shankar reports. |
 ENVIRONNMENT/WILDLIFE
A lost emperor's cry for sovereigntySimultaneous protection of rights of both tigers and human tribes is a utopian dream; where co-existence is an inescapable reality, political will to reduce human imprint to a minimum and sensitisation of forest dwellers are critical to conservation, writes Malini Shankar |
 FOREST RIGHTS ACT
Rights Act, not working rightThere is wide-spread failure in safeguarding the rights of forest communities protected under the Forest Rights Act. State and Central Governments are complicit in diluting it. Tushar Dash reports. |
 FOREST RESOURCES
Plentiful, but for whom?The forests of India have enough treasure to power the economy of the whole country, it seems, but not enough to empower the adivasis. Shoma Chatterji reviews Johar. |
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