Operation Green Hunt was declared in 2009 to suppress India’s long-running Maoist rebellion. To the delight of leftwing intellectuals whose support for the Maoists has grown, the Supreme Court has now ruled against the use of state-sponsored militia by the Chhattisgarh government.

An indigenous community in Mexico wants to drop protected conservations status for its area because it feels it has lost real control of its land and way of life. Concern about carbón emissions is blinding policy makers to the failures of some of their conservation policies.