I assure you that people s rights will be protected

They prefer to be called the forest castes . They are the 2,000,000 odd villagers living in some 10,000 villages across Orissa. After Independence, timber smugglers and an apathetic government robbed them of the forests they had lived in for decades.

1920s: The British introduced railway lines in Orissa. Commercial exploitation of forests began in a big way. 1930s: In Dhenkanal, people revolted against the king for rights over the forests

At personal risk, an unlettered farmer vows to stick to his forest protection programme

foresters of the British Columbia province have waged a long battle with environmental groups, but the industry has been warned it must accept

The Kani tribals finally get their dues

How do you destroy a forest? Cover it under Project Tiger and alienate the local people. An example from Bihar

The poor of India know it when a political leader is earnest about their uplift. Exit polls do not

BAN on commercial felling of trees in Himachal Pradesh is yielding results. The forest cover has increased and there has been a rise in the population of endangered species like the snow leopard.

WITH some 10.7 million hectares of woodlands and forests, which is almost one-third of its total area, Germany has one of the biggest forest cover in Europe. From three per cent of land under timber

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