Forestry, the Mexican way

Road map to save environment

A global map highlights regions where road construction will have high environmental costs

`A major ecosystem change is on its way'

Adriana Dutkiewicz, senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, was the lead researcher of the team that mapped the ocean floor. She spoke to …

Convention on biological diversity

Forest conservation receives government recognition

The 14th Finance Commission of India has reinforced the idea of incentivising states for keeping areas under forests

Soon: India’s first REDD project

Forest conservation effort in Meghalaya can claim carbon benefits

Forest value to be revised

50 per cent of net present value of forests should go to communities, says report

Rice at risk

Growing paddy is not viable for small farmers of Kerala. Will the state be able to preserve the crop which delivers a number of ecological …

Taking stock of biodiversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity, 20 years on, is still struggling to stem the precipitous decline in biodiversity. After missing the 2010 …

Price of nature

Book>> Payment for Ecosystem Services Edited By Pushpam Kumar and Roldan Muradian Rs 695

Natural injustice

What are oyster reefs?

A friend in weed

Less species, more diseases

Researchers blame increased human population

Natural bad debt

Biodiversity buffer

It can protect dryland from withering due to climate change

Farm differently

Report>>A report riles industrial farming nations and agribusiness

Debate over effects of biomass extraction in forests

World shrinks for oysters

Book The economics of biodiversity conservation valuation in tropical forest ecosystems

Book>> The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems

Call from cave

Bats, largely elusive till now, are slowly revealing their secrets as scientists record and analyse their calls

Earth has lost half of its ecosystem

Two-thirds of land-based ecosystems must be sustained to support life on the planet, says study

371,000-ha rainforest sold in Guyana

Science and Technology - Briefs

UN considers payments for forest ecosystem services

This will help create sustainable livelihoods and resilient ecosystems, says a report by three UN agencies