Clothing the drylands

A pod protecting seeds may be all it takes to make deserts green

Green panchayats

Beating about the bush

Many important issues were hardly touched upon at the recently concluded conference on bioresources

No to afforestation

Furious at losing their traditional rights over land, residents of a south Delhi village say...

The range of rage

How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force-start a plantation on a forest already …

From bonded labourers to green crusaders

Impoverished tribals living in the shadow of the Sahyadri hills show how degraded land can be revived by simply working unitedly

All bark, all bite

Local communities in Nepal and some Central American nations have become invaluable participants in managing their forests

A mother's love

A childless woman's search for emotional fulfilment through planting and nurturing saplingsby Malini Shankar

Union Budget 2020-2021: Solar units to be set up on fallow, railway lands

Move may affect afforestation to meet India's international commitments  

The minister's manifesto

Fruitful passion

One man has helped transform a barren valley in Jammu into a veritiligle orchard

China

RWANDA

The turmoil beneath

How landslides of the 1998 kind in Garhwal can be prevented

Tackling jumbo menace

Green government

The Tree of Authority of Pune's innovative strategies are changing the face of the city

Crying foul

Orissa's JFM groups resent move to set up forest bodies

Dhaka's green plans

Wedding vows

Environment, forest ministry finalising transfer of Rs 50,000-crore CAMPA funds to states

Compensatory afforestation funds belong to the state and it was kept temporarily with the Centre

Flawed attempt

The recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report can further dilute the already weak Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

Afforestation project suspended as anti-poor

A scheme under which 75,000 families were to each get and maintain two ha of forest land has been put on hold following fears that it would …

Trees can't offset global warming

New studies show large forest areas alone may not be able to counter the effects of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

New hope for Himalayan wastelands

The seabuckthorn plant can change the lives of marginal farmers by enriching soil with nitrogen, preventing its erosion and providing …

Women build where others destroy

Why do women who attempt changes in local land use patterns meet with so much hostility?