Uprooting spree

Cut it out

1997 repeated

How tribals are conned out of their timber

Doubts sown

Will new deforestation fund management system work?

From turtles to elephants

Riddle of the Ridley and Lai Lai the Baby Elephant by Shekar Dattatri Wildlife Protection Society of India Delhi and Tulika Publishers, Chennai

Revitalised role forecast for people's movements

It is becoming possible to utilise the capacities that exist outside the state -- such as non-governmental organisations -- to influence state …

Assessing poverty-deforestation links: evidence from Swat, Pakistan

This blog is based on a paper that contributed to the debate on the links between poverty and forestry degradation; the view that due to poverty …

Death by starvation

About 11 million people in Orissa and Bihar have become victims of a famine that has occurred despite adequate food stocks in the country.

Still in the Woods

The second Intergovernamental Panel on Forests discussed a lot of issues, yet remained more of a warm up for the final session

Green puzzle

A cross-section of opinions in response to 'Dark truths and lost woods' (pages 31-41) by ANIL AGARWAL

Death of a Neem tree

An open letter to the Prime Minister

Drowned

Assam's Dhemaji district faces extermination by floods

What Aarey case means for forest land classification

The question of classification of the land as forest or revenue isn’t relevant in the matter due to the SC order in the TN Godavarman …

Road expansion, deforestation shrinking wildlife in Congo Basin: Study

Accelerating deforestation could also leak carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect

Kerala floods: Government was warned long back, but it chose to ignore

Ignoring experts’ recommendations on protecting fragile ecology of Western Ghats, Kerala had chosen development over environment

Deforestation rate slowed down: FAO

The pace of loss of forests has slowed in recent years even though the world’s forest area decreased from 31% to 30% between 1990 and 2015

Dust storms to become more intense if degradation of Aravallis continues

Withering of Aravallis, mainly due to erosion of forests along the northern and central tracts, is making dust storms more intense

Sub-Saharan Africa lost 2.6bn tonnes of carbon stock due to climate change

A recent study says prolonged dry periods have reduced carbon stocks in dryland areas

Missing the woods for wood

Is it worthwhile to clear forests to annually earn Rs 4,500 per hectare?

60% of primate species now threatened with extinction, says major new study

Our closest relatives are being wiped out and it's all our fault

Planting problems

Forest development corporations fell rich forests to raise plantations, undermining people's rights and biodiversity. It's time India introduced …

Leaf storm

Indian scientists are resorting to tissue culture to salvage plants facing extinction

The seeds of trouble

Privatisation of tea and rubber plantations has endangered the flora and fauna in southern Sri Lanka

Save lakes from the sins of humanity

Wood substitutes threaten plywood industry

A CPWD proposal to ban use of timber in construction has generated friction between manufacturers of wood substitutes and plywood, with each side …