Scientists characterise a natural pathogenic fungi to help save eucalyptus forests from devastating pest

Eucalyptus snout beetle can cause great damage, but fungi could be used to develop a bio-pesticide for sustainable forestry

Why India needs to revise its forest cover targets

Tree plantations by the State forest departments are driven by national policies and forest cover targets; here is why they should be revised

Eucalyptus exonerated

Axing the eucalyptus

Clone forests

Newly developed clones of eucalyptus may help increase forest areas in Kerala

Hybrids of eucalyptus

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Inbuilt storage

Earth's mantle could be holding three times the water found in oceans

Foresters, villagers vie for land in Bengal

Supa dam displaced lease out lands to paper mill

How alien invasive plant species threatens Western Ghats

Forest fires and man-eating tigers make for easy headlines but what about invading flora in a forest?

How alien invasive plant species threaten Western Ghats

Forest fires and man-eating tigers make for easy headlines but what about invading flora in a forest?

Why Eucalyptus?

Eucalyptus plantations must be raised, given the tree’s significant impact on wood availability, livelihood generation and carbon …

Making furniture from eucalyptus wood

Though scientists have developed a way to saw eucalyptus wood without cracking or twisting it, furniture makers aren't convinced of its utility.

Tall tree tales

INDIA'S EUCALYPTUS CRAZE- THE GOD THAT FAILED by N C Saxena Publisher: Sage Publications Price: Rs 275 (hardback)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 20, 2022)

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

Invasive species may soon wipe out Shola vegetation from Nilgiris: Report

Alarming expansion of exotic and tea plantations threaten native dry deciduous, moist deciduous and thorn forests and grasslands there

Recently planted eucalyptus trees may have stoked Similipal fires, say experts

Afforestation of mostly eucalyptus trees has been done in 67,828 of 5,695,873 ha diverted land in the state, an official said 

Eucalyptus, acacia and teak, not Sal: Why CAG is critical of Odisha’s afforestation efforts

There was an ‘acute shortfall’ in achieving plantation targets in Odisha due to lack of coordination, working plan, improper …

Khap panchayat bans paddy

Rice cultivation has led to waterlogging and soil salinity in Haryana’s Jhajjar district

Forest to farms

India's paper industry now sources more wood from farmers. Why does it still demand forestland?