Technique developed in Kenya offers a refined way to map tree cover
A new approach to monitor changes to the earth's surface uses maps that consist of physical and human geographic data to explain what's changed
Forest-risk goods
Export-oriented commercial agriculture is the single largest driver of tropical deforestation, argues a new book
HSBC forced to safeguard Indonesia's rainforests
A probe by international non-profit Greenpeace linked Europe’s largest bank to companies destroying rainforests
Karnataka forest encroachments outpace reclamation efforts
The state witnesses the third highest encroachment of forests in India after Madhya Pradesh and Assam
Southeast Asia’s mangroves under threat due to land conversion for cultivation
Study says expansion of rice agriculture in Myanmar and conversion of mangroves for oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia are leading to …
Wood cuts
THE FUTURE OF WORLD FORESTS: THEIR USE AND CONSERVATION Edited by Kilaparti Ramakrishna and George M Woodwell Publisher: Natraj Publishers, …
Lifting of ban earns UP government brickbats
The Uttar Pradesh government's decision to lift the ban on tree-felling in the Garhwal Himalaya has brought on it the wrath of both the Central …
Putting trees before human life
On a single day in 1731, more than 350 persons -- 69 of them women -- sacrificed their lives to protect their trees from being felled in Jalnadi …
Timber-felling quota exceeded in Andamans
The environment ministry is in trouble in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, where it has violated timber extraction limits.
Bringing in devastation
Refugee movements the world over have had an unfortunate aftermath: the degradation of environment. The UN hcr has now come out with a set of …
Fallacy in figure
During the 1980s the rate of destruction of natural forests was reduced as compared to the 1970s. Most of the deforestation took place in the …
One long yarn?
Recent studies say deforestation figures in west Africa have been exaggerated by Northern agencies
Tree travails
The Union government asks the Supreme Court to lift the interim ban on tree felling amid growing pressure from the northeastern states
Rice, integral to Madagascar, may be hastening the decline of its unique biodiversity; here is how
Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; most of the plants, animals, insects and fungi found there are not found anywhere else
Indigenous lands have less deforestation than state-managed protected areas in most of tropics
Roughly 15 per cent of the world’s land surface is under official state protection
Tropical forests losing capacity to cycle carbon and water, finds new tracking system
Between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of humid tropical forests have been cleared since the early 1990s
Earth Day 2021: Why we need to pledge to save our forests
The last few years have seen us sabotage our own future by degrading our forests. It’s time we learn from our lessons and treat Mother …
Jammu’s Chipko moment: Green activists protest plan to chop 38,000 trees in Raika
The activists highlighted how the proposal was rushed through government departments for permissions
Women power: Uttarakhand village women revive dry springs, end water woes
With the help of experts and through the community, they found a solution to their hardships
Walnut trees: Kashmir lockdown’s other victim
Walnut trees have been the strange casualty of Kashmir’s transition from a state to a Union Territory
October rainfall in Northeast ‘normal’ but not flash floods
According to environmentalists, the floods that crippled the region last month have been caused due to a number of anthropogenic reasons
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Dec 31-Jan 4)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Plantation drives not enough to fight air pollution
A sapling cannot do what a mature tree can as it takes it decades to be able to support environmental needs
Forest conservation: indigenous peoples invest less than other agencies, but achieve equal outcome
According to a recent study, indigenous people and local communities are able to conserve forests by investing only 16–23 per cent of the …
A decade-old plan to curb carbon emissions through forest conservation in Africa is yet to pay off
A UN-backed mechanism to curb carbon sequestration and ensure biodiversity conservation, REDD+, is compromising community rights. Is there a …