Forest scam unearthed

BRAZIL

Shifting the blame

About five lakh trees were felled by the IAF last year. Till today, no action has been taken

KENYA

Deforestation accelerating

Facing the axe

Bangladesh mulls major felling drive in the Sundarbans area

Amazonian logging gang busted

Concrete loss

F for forest and furniture

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 …

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 …

Why zoonotic diseases are fast spreading to humans

Infectious diseases that were once confined to animals in forests are now attacking human beings, at a faster pace

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

If you want to read a book

...the near universal necessity of being the owner of a book to read it needs immediate and drastic revision

A motley crew of forest protectors

In Karnataka's Kodagu district, a group of people battling timber traders trying to exploit their region's virgin forests has earned the wrath of …

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 …

Law for the jungle

Supreme Court passes an interim order banning commercial activities in all forest areas

The beetle and the bureaucrat

Eleven lakh sal trees face the axe in order to exterminate a beetle that is boring a hole into the image of the forest bureaucracy

Simply Put: What would Noah do today

Simply Put: The shrinking umbrella

World's largest eagle unable to feed its young due to deforestation

Unlike other eagles, Harpy eagles cannot effectively hunt in a non-forest environment

Kenya gets tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings

Kenya has plans to plant 15 billion trees in 10 years

Not all green is healthy

KAMPUCHEA

Squirrels now use plastic to build their nests

In urban areas, trees are scarce but plastic material is not