Flight to extinction

One in eight birds will vanish in the next 100 years, says a new report

Law of no returns

Kings of forests

The control of Naxalites over forests is total and overwhelming

India

SAIL gets pristine forest to mine

MoEF flouts its own order by expanding mine in Saranda without wildlife management plan

Koyna sanctuary plundered

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help

Logjam ban!

Logging bans fail to rectify the fundamental causes of deforestation

Forestry, the Mexican way

Soon: India’s first REDD project

Forest conservation effort in Meghalaya can claim carbon benefits

When McDonald’s ate crow

The UK’s longest case was a PR disaster for the fast food giant

Wind farm threat to forests

Blasting causes animals and birds to abandon the area

ILLEGAL LEASING

INDIA

Destruction of mangroves causes damages of up to $42 billion each year

UN report recommends implementation of policies and laws to protect mangroves

Himalayan blunders

Science And Technology - Briefs

The rift valley

With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels

News Briefs

Letters

SBI deadlock looms over Bonn climate talks

Russia raises matter of procedural irregularities at Doha; parallel sessions continue

Letters

Deforestation driving malaria risk among vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa, finds study

Children living in deforested areas, particularly in poorer households, are at a higher risk of malaria

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 1, 2024)

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

Timber travails

After completing two years as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh Mukut Mithi is proud to relate his government's achievements while …

A Nationalised Nightmare

One of the main reasons given for nationalising the coalmines of India was to protect workers from accidents. What followed was large-scale …