SHILLONG, India — Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader ...

In 2021, the village of Kodalpalli in Odisha’s Nayagarh district became one of the few places in India where the country’s landmark Forest Rights Act of 2006 (FRA) was translated into formal rights ...

Village relocation from the core areas of India’s tiger reserves has been a persistent issue in conservation efforts. Amid recent field work to the core zone of a tiger reserve, I was able to interact ...

JHAKOT, Uttarakhand, India – Lakshmi Devi and her husband live in a small village in the hills. Just a decade ago, the farming community was home to 38 people from seven families. Two months ago, Devi ...

Paniyeli, once a flourishing village in the Western Ghats, now faces desolation as residents abandon their homes due to human-animal conflict and lack of educational opportunities. Crop raids by ...