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Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management
Narendra Modi addresses Conference of Parties to Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals at Gandhinagar. Photo: @PMOIndia / Twitter
PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar
February 17, 2020
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Union Budget 2020-2021: Solar units to be set up on fallow, railway lands
Pavagada solar park. Photo: Google Maps
Move may affect afforestation to meet India's international commitments  
February 01, 2020
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Economic Survey 2019-20: Afforestation under GIM over 126,916 ha
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Data for afforestation undertaken under GIM from Parliamentary questions paint different …
January 31, 2020
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Budget 2020-21: Govt likely to set up a national ‘plantation corporation’
A forest in Sikkim. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Experts express concern; say move against Constitution’s federal structure
January 30, 2020
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Shweta Miriam Koshy

India's 40 GW solar rooftop target for 2022: A Kerala case study
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Soundaram Ramanathan

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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