Tag: Community Rights
The Future of Justice Srimathy’s Judgement: Treating Mother Nature as a...
This is part two of Out of the Woods, a two-part series that explores the implication of treating Mother Nature as a legal entity....
Out of the Woods: How Mother Nature as a Legal Being...
The Madras High Court declared 'Mother Nature' as a living entity. What are the implications of such a judgement?
Brewing in Uncertainty: The Lives and Livelihoods of North Bengal’s Tea...
Sakshi Lama*, a tea garden worker in West Bengal’s Alipurduar District, is relatively at peace since it is now the peak season for harvesting...
Can a People’s Biodiversity Register Contribute to Conservation?
PBRs are an opportunity to discuss and incorporate the traditional ecological knowledge of local communities and their socio-natural relationships.
The Hidden Politics of Forest Fire Management in Uttarakhand: The Van...
Colonial forestry in Uttarakhand excludes forest dwellers like the Van Gujjars from forest management, making them doubly vulnerable to raging forest fires.
Losing Ground: Why Are Protected Areas Still The Model Form of...
Hosted by Aarathi Ganesan
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
As our series on Losing Ground has noted, the Protected Areas (PA) model of conservation is fraught by...
