According to a recent World Bank report, India presently accounts for a meagre 1.8% of the global forest cover. Even more concerning is the fact that an enormous ‘46,759 acres of forest-land have been sanctioned for mining’ across the country, over the course of the last five years, by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) itself. According to many ace climate scientists and researchers, our planet has already hit “the tipping point”. In this backdrop, the people’s struggle to save Dwarka Forest, one of the last remaining natural forest lands in a choking capital city, is a…
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Tannuja Chauhan is a visual artist and writer by profession. An ardent activist for animal and environmental rights, she likes to practice the life-arts in her spare time. This involves spiritual introspection, nature hopping, penning poetry, singing covers and of course, spending time with her three beloved dogs.