A US woman was found chained to a tree in Maharashtra, India. Lalita Kayi, 50, said her husband had chained her to the tree and left her without food or water. Kayi is thought to have moved to India a ...

Forests play an important role in maintaining ecological balance, supporting biodiversity, and sustaining livelihoods. In a diverse and environmentally rich country like India, forests and trees cover ...

India’s Supreme Court has agreed this week to hear arguments in a challenge to a controversial new forest law. An official request for a hearing was filed to the Supreme Court last October by 13 ...

Wayne National Forest is named for “Mad” Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War general who later fought Native Americans in Ohio Credit: Zack Frank Credit: Zack Frank The name of Ohio’s only national ...

Explore the Forest Rights Act 2006 (FRA). Learn about its key objectives, land provisions for tribal communities, eligibility criteria, and its significance in India’s environmental law. The Forest ...

The Union government recently amended the statutory guidelines under the Van (Sanrakshan evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980, to allow private entities to lease forest land for plantation activities.