Forests

Deforestation-linked heat caused nearly 28,000 excess deaths a year in the tropics in 2 decades
Remains of the Tapovan-Vishnugadh project remain near Tapovan, Joshimath in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
NGT directs Jammu & Kashmir to take action against officers who allowed felling of over 1,000 trees
Kuttimathan Kani with the Arogyapacha plant 17 years ago.
Captured on August 17, 2025 by Copernicus Sentinel-3, this image offers a wide view of France, Spain and Portugal, dominated by thick smoke drifting from wildfires in northern Iberia.
MoTA champions tribal autonomy, upholding Gram Sabha rights in Chhattisgarh’s CFR management
Younger forests outnumbering old, disturbing world’s carbon balance 
Poverty, mining and deforestation driving tigers to local extinction
Spain wildfires: Decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction — here’s how
Palmyra trees offering twin benefits in Odisha
The tourism routes within Nagarahole encroach on Indigenous  lands and are part of community forests, alleged Adivasi rights groups.
Hasdeo under siege: Forests, tribes and the fight against corporate coal
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