Poplars spark farmers' fury against Wimco

Area farmers in Uttar Pradesh contend match manufacturer Wimco, which had persuaded them to raise poplar trees for its factory, has reneged on …

Costs threaten future of green army

Putting retired Indian army personnel to work on reforestation was a unique and effective idea. But the decade-old scheme has been soured by a …

Fast-forward to the past

Only a few villages stand testimony to the success of traditional water harvesting methods in tribal areas of Singhbhum. A report by Binayak Das

Back to forests

The Tamil Nadu government decides to revive its forest cover

Afforestation

Group greening

Increase in green cover, says report

India has 28,000 ha more forests than last year, according to the Forest Survey of India

JAPAN

Forestmaker

A man who has done commendable work in afforestation remains hidden from the limelight

CHINA

Trading deforestation

How China's growing wood imports are affecting its neighbours

Greening a state

Himachal Pradesh chief minister has broken all bureaucratic shackles and initiated eco-friendly programmes in the state

The angry giants

Soil conservation work came cheap in Jhabua, but a lot remains to be done

Crossing the rainbow

With the coming of the Rajiv Gandhi Mission on Watershed Development, a major change took place in the degraded wasteland that was Jhabua

Ten myths and fallacies about afforestation

It is no panacea for increasing green cover

CAMPA funds should be used to conserve nature

Increase in funding has not resulted in significant increase in forest cover

A terrible confusion

A report that blames trees for water crisis. Or does it?

Science must for UK firms advertising green credentials

Under the axe

Forest areas continue to decrease though plantations are slowing down the rate of net loss

In UN's books

States with more than 75% forest cover won't have to divert revenue land

Forest Advisory Committee decided this while suggesting that instead states with deficient green land should divert their non-forest land …

'Ours is a model of natural farming'

A couple in Kerala demonstrate that barren land can be brought back to life without using any external inputs.

CAMPA bill defeated

Eco-wisdom

Two Tamil Nadu Villages protect their natural wealth and prosper

Community initiative