The wasteland

Bellary has lost 45 per cent of its forest cover to iron ore mining, says the CEC report

It’s my land, not yours

How it is acquired

Value of deforestation?

Law of no returns

Kings of forests

The control of Naxalites over forests is total and overwhelming

When McDonald’s ate crow

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

Costly silence

No one is debating where goats will graze

REDD and REDD +: An Overview (Part II)

Jagdish Kishwan, additional director general (wildlife) at the Ministry of Environment and Forest, explains why REDD + is a "win-win" …

REDD and REDD +: An Overview

Shankar Gopalakrishnan, from the Campaign for Survival and Dignity, stresses that REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest …

Turning on the heat

The international community is being exhorted to enforce a greenhouse regime

Dying repositories of the world's biodiversity

Rich in flora and fauna, rain forests are nevertheless ecologically fragile. Their loss due to human depredation could result in environmental …

Callous forest law

Temples of doom

The Mayans penchant for building places of worship brought their downfall

Call of the wild

Wild foods are a way of life for many tribal communities. Sadly, they are being muscled out by cereals and cash crops

Flood, again

Meghalaya government and environment activists blame deforestation in Garo Hills for recent flood even as official data counters their claims

After officialdom

Springing back to life

Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict

Living on the edge

From forestry to productive forestry

Of forests and wealth

Rethink growth with forest capital

2009 is full of promise

Dial tol-free

Not a blade of grass

...although the now bald pate of Iceland was once resplendent with grass and verdant willow, rowan and birch forests

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 …