Trading deforestation

How China's growing wood imports are affecting its neighbours

An axe that went awry

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 23, 2024)

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

Odisha grants forest staff immunity to use firearms to fight poachers

Unless misused, the move will now give forest staff protection from arrest & criminal proceedings for firing

Supreme Court modifies order on construction ban within one kilometre of protected areas

The apex court said it is not possible to implement a uniform ESZ in every protected area because of interstate boundaries

Step to accountability? Revised draft of standards for firms to self-report environmental impact approved

Decided standards will allow organisations to publicly disclose their major impacts on biodiversity and its management

Adopt community-led initiatives for conservation: Africa Protected Area Congress

Community members should know about the operationalisation of the conservation practices taking place in Africa.

Villagers unaware of forest rights find it ‘too good to be true’

Odisha village applies for forest rights title 15 years later; many villages still unaware, says NGO  

COVID-19 has aggravated challenges to manage forests: UN Report

New UN report calls for greater sustainability and a greener, more inclusive economy to tackle the threats of COVID-19, climate change and …

Payment for Ecosystem Services: Palampur in Himachal has a model in place

The first payment for eco-system services in India, which reduces water conflict by institutionalising a legal partnership structure, merits a …

How Brazil can beat the odds and restore a huge swathe of the Amazon

Native seed cultivation could represent a valuable source of income for local communities, boosting both conservation and the local economy

Globally, over 15 per cent of all tree species face extinction threat

More than 300 species are critically endangered, with just 50 or fewer individual trees for each species left in the wild

Forestry should be tied with agriculture for socio-economic development

While agriculture can feed the world’s population, it is responsible for deforestation globally. The SOFO report shows how food security …

Gram sabha to be consulted on Vedanta's mining project, says SC

Apex court gives Sterlite, OMCL three months to submit project proposal to affected gram sabhas

Experts call for people-oriented conservation

The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective …

More land, less timber

Ban on harvesting of timber may not solve the problem of deforestation in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province

The spirit of the sanctuary

Sacred groves - tracts of virgin forests - are vestiges of an ancient practice in which people protected a forest to avoid the wrath of its …

Environment ministry firm on 'no-go' zones

Says mining in no-go zone against Forest Conservation Act

Madagascar’s ancient baobab forests are being restored by communities — with a little help from AI

Deforestation driven by slash-and-burn agriculture and vanishing of large-bodied animals that would spread the boabab seeds major reasons for decline

Indonesia’s mangroves one of the world’s best solutions to climate change

Findings bring Indonesia one step closer to climate change commitment

Branches into batons

The Forest Bill can be used to preserve our verdant national wealth

To save a forest

Bleak future

PARTNERS IN PERIL·Produced and directed by Jahar Kanungo·30 minutes

Foresters warned