Unholy deeds in the woods

Human greed is putting an end to the traditional sacred groves in Kerala

Toda traditions in peril

Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco-friendly Todas

Disengaging with WII should be given rethink, MoEF&CC tells PMO: RTI

In a letter to the PMO, ministry agrees ‘in principle’ to disengage with IIFM

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Limited laws

Melting to extinction

Biodiversity in the UK threatened due to climate changes

DNA barcoding helps discover new species

Climate change causes species to change habitats

A warmer climate is playing havoc with both flora and fauna

Park may be denotified

UNITED NATIONS

Timely blooms

Birds of a feather

BIRDS AND PLANT REGENERATION·Tara Gandhi· Orient Longman Ltd· New Delhi·2000·pp81

Missing the grass for the trees

Overprotection of grasslands in India is leading to its decline

In the red

Left at the mercy of brokers who dictate the market terms, many cultivators of Gloriosa superba have consumed the plant's poisonous tubers to …

Indian scientists return with rare plant samples from Arctic

Flower to the People

Floriculture emerges as a big economy in Sikkim

A flowery tale

Intelligent butterfly

Cabbage butterflies remember flowers that provide maximum nectar

Stepmotherly tree(tment)

Fern assault

Trees are not very effective carbon sinks

The unseen invader

Lesser known invasive species Hyptis suaveolens is spreading across India

Adrift and Isolated

A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let-down for the fiskerfolk

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From the verge of extinction

Several species to be removed from endangered list in the us