The Method Behind The Madness

When the official system learns to loot the official treasury, it also targets the natural estate, the biggest property of the modern state. Good …

Severe environmental harm equal to genocide, crime against humanity: Experts write to International Criminal Court

Human activities leading to severe environmental harm also violate human rights; must be punished, they urge in joint statement

Climate change may reduce carbon dioxide uptake by forests: Study

Tree growth in Arizona will decline 22-117% under future climatic conditions

Increase in green cover, says report

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

Caught in a crossfire

A proposed power generation project in Laos has become the target of environmentalists' ire

Future of our forests

Experts discuss ways to improve forest policies in India

Burning cheaper

The introduction of new models of stoves in Burkina Faso may reduce the pressure on forests

HC frowns at felling

Poplar demand

Trees take centrestage in Himachal Pradesh

Trading deforestation

How China's growing wood imports are affecting its neighbours

Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment

ACCORDING TO REPORT

Missing forests: A third of recorded forest area not assessed in latest govt survey

India has a forest cover of 77.53 million ha. But recorded forests—the area under the forest department— with forest cover are only 51.…

Sustainable Development Goal 15: World off track on protecting life on land, finds UN report

Overall progress in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa reversed

Afforestation: How we planted 8,000 trees — and almost killed ourselves

For decades, humans have prioritised development over environment — and the consequences have been devastating

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal     

Trees likely to absorb CO2 only till 2100: Study

Continued dependence on fossil fuels and rapid deforestation have limited their level absorption 

How schoolchildren are 'seed-bombing' Bihar

A unique initiative by an NGO is helping the state increase its green cover while also spreading awareness

Kodagu landslides not a natural disaster

Here’s an account of the situation in disaster-hit Kodagu in Karnataka by a geologist who volunteered for the relief work

About 9,000 sq km of Brazilian Amazon lost to deforestation; government unaware

The study suggests that deforestation-related greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil are nearly twice as high as government estimates

Forestry should be tied with agriculture for socio-economic development

While agriculture can feed the world’s population, it is responsible for deforestation globally. The SOFO report shows how food security …

Monarch butterflies face risk of extinction due to habitat loss

The number of monarch butterflies in hibernation colonies of Mexico has reached a 20-year low, says report

Certified eco-friendly

Eco-labelling of timber products is around the corner with the launch of the Forest Stewardship Council, which brings together businesspersons, …

Hidden subsidies in power, paper industries

If paper and power prices included ecological costs, the consumer would have to pay at least 60 per cent more for them than he pays today

Figuring out natural costs

Many economists now argue that nature cannot be the provider of a perpetual free lunch. It's time to account for natural resource degradation …