Wednesday, August 28th, 2013
Last May, indigenous peoples in Indonesia won a major victory regarding their rights to customary lands, after a landmark ruling by the country’s Constitutional Court declared state control of customary forests unconstitutional. The ruling theoretically puts 40...
Monday, August 12th, 2013
Soon, there will be clarity on how much forest land remains untouched in the southern Ridge of Delhi. The Delhi forest department and the revenue department are preparing remote sensing maps to ascertain how much of the...
Monday, February 4th, 2013
With an eye on the Master Plan Delhi 2021, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has embarked on a project to prepare digital maps of all its land. The land acquired by DDA in the Capital is spread over...
Monday, September 10th, 2012
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry yesterday launched a new satellite map that will be used to resolve conflicts on forestland encroachment. The new 1:4,000-scale map was introduced at a public forum focused on the problem of forest...
