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How National Board for Wildlife gives legitimacy to illegal mining in Assam
An elephant in Assam. Illegal coal mining has put a question mark on their existence in the Dehing Patkai elephant reserve. Photo: Guy Debonnet / Wikimedia Commons
The board approved coal mining proposal that diverts 98.59 hectares of forest land in …
May 26, 2020
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Forests

Deforestation rate globally declined between 2015 and 2020: FAO report
A boreal forest or taiga. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
While the world lost 178 million hectares of forest in the last 30 years, the rate of net …
May 13, 2020
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Forests

Coming out of the jungle, infectious diseases
Out of the Jungle
Diseases associated with forests can, in several ways, be seen as a reaction to change in …
May 07, 2020
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Forests

COVID-19: Odisha allows collection of non-timber forest produce
Photo: Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava / CSE
Experts had been demanding NTFPs’ exemption from the lockdown as they are a vital …
April 13, 2020
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The Chipko movement as it stands today

The idea behind the Chipko movement originated in early 1970s from Mandal, a village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Forty-three years later, Down To Earth travelled to Chamoli and Tehri Garhwal and spoke to the participants of this movement about its relevance today