Dial tol-free

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Hacked heart

Why did they have to do it?

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Corruption in timber trade fuels deforestation, biodiversity loss

Illegal timber trade also gives rise to conflicts between local communities and logging companies

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Deforestation leads to weakening of summer monsoon, says study

The study found a decrease in rainfall due to large-scale conversion of savannah to cropland

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Environmentalists hail Indonesia's moratorium plan on new palm oil permits, mining operations

According to a study published in 2014 Indonesia had the highest rate of deforestation in the world

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How has India’s caste system lasted for so many centuries?

Caste system continues even after losing its raison d’etre, but the scramble for development has destroyed the ancient sustainable and …

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Not a blade of grass

...although the now bald pate of Iceland was once resplendent with grass and verdant willow, rowan and birch forests

READ MORE 31 Jul 1995

Deforestation and the weakening monsoon in India

A recent study by IIT Bombay says that deforestation and conversion of forest to crop land has weakened the monsoon in India. The study was …

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Earth Day 2016: Tree tale

The conflict between humans and trees has become starker. Since humans have pushed trees out of conducive habitats, trees can now be seen growing …

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Vanishing green

The US forest service has approved a new and controversial forest management plan

READ MORE 30 Nov 1997

Himalayan plunder

Tourism has wreaked havoc on Sikkim's natural resources

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Elephantine conflict

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Order, Order

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Cutting disgrace

Increased demand for timber in Pakistan has prompted poor tribals to sell their trees as a means of generating income

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Star-cross in Nigeria

NGOs and the Cross River state government are locked in a duel over the latter's plans to grant logging concessions to a Chinese metal company in …

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A Himalayan plunder

RITA ANAND looks at changes in Himalayan forest cover in historical perspective, focusing on the Kaghan Valley in northern Pakistan

READ MORE 15 Dec 1995

The parching of India's Venice

Kerala finds its rivers drying up and beginning to die

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Viper wiper

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Lost in the deep woods

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Shifting greening options

Is jhum cultivation still a viable option for the future?

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Missing the wood for the trees

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When the water begins to stink

...Yet another rainforest disappears and a way of life dies as "development" catches up with the Guaranis of Paraguay

READ MORE 31 Jul 1994

Felled by an incentive

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Unkindly cuts

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Forests bite the bullet

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