Forest fire mitigation strategies in Madhya Pradesh should prioritise tribal communities

Local communities, government agencies, non-profits and researchers must work together to mitigate forest fires and build resilient socioeconomic …

Beating the drought

How some villages stayed afloat even as neighbouring lands parched

Wildlife sanctuary lost 230 ha to fire in the past four months

Most forest fires this year were in and around national parks, sanctuaries

About seven to eight incidents of big forest fires have been reported from across the country; fire that broke out on Nagaland’s Mount Japfu,…

Ozone layer threatenecl

Maharashtra forest department backtracks on forest fire guidelines

To relax rules to lure tendu contractors

Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE

Takes on motivated and half-baked science

Where there is smoke

Forest fires could have unexpected effects on the world's climate

Mapping the dirt

NASA comes up with the most comprehensive view yet of global air pollution

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 25, 2023)

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

Forest fire atlas to provide information realtime

Online resource reports fire within six hours

Forest fires singe Maharashtra

Officials say peeved tendu contractors are causing them

Taming wild fires

Computer simulations can help prevent devastating wildfires

Friendly fires

Forest fires can actually lead to enrichment of soil and enhanced growth of vegetation

Cricket among sports to be hit by climate change: Study

Excess heat, rising sea levels, changes in precipitation may derail global sports

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

What caused Europe's heatwave?

The intense heatwave that baked much of Europe for weeks has convinced many people about the changing climate

Banking on variety

Himachal villagers resist pine monoculture, reclaim forests for fodder

Maharashtra forest department bans collection of tendu leaves from areas prone to forest fires

Tendu contractors and gram panchayats to be responsible for prevention and extinguishing of fires

No return of the native

System error

The death of India's cancer control programme and the rise of cancers

Classified ?

The data is rudimentary. The analysis is poor. And is kept secret

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Forests under threat

OXIDANT AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS IN THE MONTANE FORESTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A CASE STUDY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS·Paul R Miller, …