In recent years, production of sandalwood has dwindled while the demand has been going up
Activist arrested while protesting against upcoming biorefinery in Assam
Eight-year-old shot by Kaziranga forest guard in 2016 shifted to AIIMS Delhi
Earth's wildernesses are disappearing, and not enough of them are World Heritage-listed
Tilting at poplar trees
Poplar is not behind the spike in allergy cases in Kashmir, yet the tree is being felled
Denied forest rights, Himachal Pradesh villagers take to awareness campaigns
About 2,614 individual and 54 community claims made under the FRA in 2009-10 were rejected by the District Forest ...
Madhya Pradesh forest department violates FRA, seizes tendu leaves from tribals
The leaves were reportedly confiscated as the women were selling them to buyers other than the forest department
Scientists suggest early warning system for forest fires
The strategy involves providing for greater involvement of local communities and use of modern tools of communication technologies such ...
India fails to protect property rights of indigenous and rural women, says report
None of the 30 low and middle-income countries analysed met the standards of the UN Convention on the Elimination ...
Forests are critical resources in halting poverty
Forests play a vital role in securing rural livelihoods through generating income in the form of goods and environmental ...
Odisha villagers, forest department at loggerheads over rights to sell kendu leaves
Can Odisha government deregulate kendu leaf trade with support mechanisms to facilitate private trade beneficial to communities?
Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia
The discovery boosts the total global forest cover by nine per cent and has significant consequences for carbon budgets
Community forest rights in critical tiger habitats under threat
NTCA's order to deny forest rights in tiger habitat has become a contentious issue
Globally, over 15 per cent of all tree species face extinction threat
More than 300 species are critically endangered, with just 50 or fewer individual trees for each species left in ...
Forests fire poets' imagination
Forests are vital not only for food and biodiversity, but our energy and creativity also find expression in them
Forest productivity - Lumber slumber
Forest Development Corporations are yet to keep pace with the rising demand for timber, though cultivable lands exist
Afforestation: money on the trees
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act could redefine forest governance. But will it protect the rights of forest dwellers?
For forest elephants in Central Africa, no place is safe from poaching
A recent study shows a 78-81 per cent decline in elephant population from the most protected area in Central ...
HSBC forced to safeguard Indonesia's rainforests
A probe by international non-profit Greenpeace linked Europe’s largest bank to companies destroying rainforests
Two successive fires in Bandipur National Park; officials suspect role of tribals
The residents of a small tribal village are known for setting dried elephant dung on fire which might have ...
Missing the woods for wood
Is it worthwhile to clear forests to annually earn Rs 4,500 per hectare?
Experts advise community-led forest conservation in Himalayas
Being major biodiversity hotspots, forests provide critical goods and services like timber and firewood
Corruption in timber trade fuels deforestation, biodiversity loss
Illegal timber trade also gives rise to conflicts between local communities and logging companies
Things fall apart: why do the ecosystems we depend on collapse?
From fisheries to forestry, there's a pattern to collapsing ecosystems and industries. If we can predict them, maybe we ...
Fading family tree
Environmental protection is inherently embedded in the lives of the Kodava people. Kodira A Kushalapa, a Kodava himself, and ...