Training and improved irrigation have helped indigenous and marginalised communities in two villages to take up farming and reduce their dependence on forests

For over 20 years, Mising people have been victims of restrictive conservation policies in the same forest that is being opened up to industry and mining

Adivasis were always vulnerable because of poor access to healthcare. But they suffered even more during the pandemic

The government’s neglect of livelihood support measures has pushed indigenous communities into a deeper crisis during the Covid-19 lockdown.

People who live in and depend on forests in Jammu and Kashmir worry they are losing their rights, after eviction notices were issued, structures demolished and fruit trees cut down by the forest department

India is one of the countries most threatened by biodiversity losses, yet its government denies and obfuscates its own data, and opens environmentally sensitive areas to exploitation

Building bumper-to-bumper dams increases disaster risks in the region

The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but illegal trade and climate change are pushing species to extinction

The government has expressed a commitment to increase protected areas as part of its Green Stimulus package, but its failure to pay the salaries of wardens at key national parks exposes a flawed approach to conservation

West Bengal government’s dream to develop the world’s second-largest coal mine becomes a nightmare as elections loom