The demolition drive of the Gujjar Bakrwal community by the Jammu Administration is in absolute violation of Article 21 of the Constitution and Forest Rights Act 2006.

By Amit Sengupta /Bom/Sonebhadra. A revolution has already unfolded here. A peaceful, protracted, non-violent revolution. With fearless, resilient women as vanguard.

By Bhola Adhikari. In the early 1980s, the Chipko Movement began in Uttarakhand, India. Leaders such as Gaura Devi, Sunder Lal Bahuguna and Chandi Prasad Bhatt carried out a strong civic movement against forest exploitation by contractors and companies through campaigns of hugging trees. This movement brought the role of local communities in forest conservation to the center.