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Ministry of Env. & Forests

Community reserves: Are they forest department’s backdoor entry into North East India

Provisions of Wild Life (Protection) Act apply to an area once it becomes a community reserve; it is also unclear as to which law will apply if …

India’s forest cover increased during 2019-2021. Is it really as good as it sounds?

Moderately dense forests declined between 2021 and 2019. In 2021-2011, the country lost 4.3% of area under moderately dense forests

Urban 'forests' can store almost as much carbon as tropical rainforests

It's hard to measure the value of a tree, but scientists equipped with lasers have come one step closer

Centre’s new guidelines on compensatory afforestation ignore communities’ concerns

Guidelines have tried to address the challenge of land scarcity for compensatory afforestation but have fallen short of clarifying minimum …

Stark facts: Forest destruction

“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another”- M K …

Bickering to conserve

A continual tug of war between various agencies helped the Forest Conservation Act to evolve to its present form.

When alienation ruins

Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …

Fate of forest commission hangs in UN balance

Despite considerable resistance from developing countries, the powerful pro-forest convention lobby will get its own way in setting up a world …

No more bribes, Gujjars tell foresters

The prospect of being kept out of forests they have occupied for 50 winters, on the pretext of environmental conservation, the Gujjars of Uttar …

Chopping down the future

About 90 per cent of Arunachal Pradesh's revenue is generated by its forests. Yet these very forests are under heavy pressure, thanks to …

Partners in prosperity

Sukhomajr, a village in Haryana, has come to symbolise how community efforts at natural regeneration can improve both the forests and the people'…

Keep forestsshall feed

The Northern model of conserving tropical forests by completely eleminating humans from them will spell ecological disaster, and may aimed more …

Politics menus environment

Environmental concern has never been a political issue in India. Is it appropriate to expect a change in the mindset of leaders in the …

Wild & fragile

The Western Ghats in the south of India have forests which are, for some plant species, their exclusive home on this earth. No wonder then, that …

Catch me a colossus

Catching Veerappan, who amuses himself upsetting the government cart, is like trying to cage a titan. The State is in no position to meet his …

Simply Put: Right to Rock, Paper, Scissor

Simply Put: Aarey, lungs of Mumbai

Simply Put: The Earth goes bald

Simply Put: Missing the woods

Simply put: Thousands of trees cut in the dead of the night in Aarey forest

Trees cut in the Aarey forest to make way for the Mumbai Metro

India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Feb 10-17)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of ecology, botany and zoology