Paper capers

A debate crackles over a government decision to allow paper plantations to remain in degraded forests

The lone crusader

From social worker, to government contractor, to politician, and then to the highest political station of the state. It has been an interesting …

Rs 11,000 crore lost in woods

Value of diverted forestland not recovered completely. Where is the money?

Compensatory afforestation: FAC considers forest with tree cover up to 40% degraded

All mining areas to be inspected by green ministry, irrespective of size

Fruits of industry

How industry can help in environment protection

Women and forests

A study probes the role of women in afforestation programmes

Oily mess

The US environment protection agency pulls up polluting oil companies

Trees against deserts

Grow more trees around fields and along waterbodies to prevent desertification

An agency for forests

Double whammy

Two proposed moves that could drastically alter forest management in India

Cedar crisis

Numbers declining fast; afforestation insufficient

A new body to recover CAMPA funds

Ad hoc body to organise afforestation funds

Let the drylands bloom

By maintaining terrestrial forestation to improve the soils, drylands can be saved from being further degraded

Rising from the ashes

Today more than two-thirds of Japan's land area is under forests as a result of a state-sponsored afforestation drive which actively involved the …

NGOs launch new war -- against deforestation

Non-governmental organisations in Ethiopia are working to create awareness among rural communities to protect the country's forest cover

Villagers one up on government in greening project

The balding hills of Jadhera panchayat in Himachal Pradesh are regaining their vegetation, thanks to an unusual village chief

"We are dealing with attitudes"

The National Tree Growers Cooperative Federation Limited is an organisation devoted to the restoration and protection of the native ecology of …

Afforestation drive

Rural priorities must be set by villagers

The buck stops here

Rajasthan's ambitions

Planters devils?

The debate over captive plantations for the paper industry rages like a prairie fire

Increasing green cover

Cutting losses?

Compensatory afforestation in trouble

Who cares for black bucks, we want tourists

A beach resort proposed to be situated within a protected area near Puri has drawn the wrath of environmentalists who contend it will ruin the …