LOGGING BARRED

GREEN RULING

Vanishing green

India lost about 5,550 sq km of forest cover in the last two years. Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh were the worst hit

ILLEGAL LOGGING

NO TREE FELLING

CAMEROON

Forest fix

Is money collected under CAMPA held unconstitutionally?

Shrinking cover

Tropical forests remain the focus of sustained felling

Heaven's end

The axe and human civilisation

The use and abuse of wood is a major theme in the history of humankind according to a new book, A Forest Journey

A Himalayan plunder

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

धरती पर बढ़ता इंसानी निर्माण का बोझ, प्राकृतिक तत्वों से हुआ भारी

2020 के अंत तक इंसानी निर्माण का भार प्राकृतिक तत्वों के वजन से ज्यादा हो जाएगा। अनुमान है कि इंसान लगभग 1.1 टेराटन के ...

Investors accuse 22 Indian firms for hiding environmental impact

A group of 88 investors have written to corporate giants such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries and 20 others to disclose their impact …

Need to focus on stable forests for climate change mitigation: Study

The research reveals that saving stable forests is more important than just preventing deforestation

Catchment areas in India used to be climate change proof, but not anymore

An IIT-Indore study says human activities like deforestation, urbanization and conservation measures are taking away the resilience of natural …

Why increase in global tree cover does not call for celebration

Much of it could be due to the increase in planted forests, which are more vulnerable to extreme climatic events

Extreme weather, land-use change drive animal movement

A recent study says that land-use change interacts with climate to determine species redistribution

National Forestry Research Plan to focus on climate change

A blueprint for scientific research in forestry, the plan is made every 20 years and was formulated last in 2000

One in eight bird species in the world faces extinction: study

A study on the state of birds globally says agricultural expansion and deforestation are one of the major reasons for this

China’s growing footprint on the globe threatens to trample the natural world

Chinese investment is driving an unprecedented investment boom in global infrastructure, but it is harming the planet

Environmental activist Isidro Baldenegro killed in Mexico

This is the second killing of a Goldman Environmental Prize winner in less than a year

The global road-building explosion is shattering nature

Roads have sliced and diced almost the entire land surface of Earth, leaving huge areas prone to illegal logging, mining and hunting

World Wildlife Day: India’s conflict with elephants

Elephants stand at the focal point on the occasion of World Wildlife Day. In India, human-elephant conflict is increasing due to shrinking habitats

Deforestation galore

Economic dictates