Deforestation galore

Teak gets a saviour

An Australian tree offers wood that can replace teak for furniture

GABON

CAMBODIA

Antirainforests

Veggie ants are a dangerous lot

Karnataka forest department has filed just 130 chargesheets on forest encroachment since 1980: RTI

The RTI inquiry reveals that 204,229 acres were lost to encroachment while another 104,065 acres of land were illegally granted by the state …

Why South India needs the Shola forests of the Nilgiris

The forests and grasslands act as water towers and influence the fortunes of farmers in the Cauvery delta

Won’t allow bauxite mining on Mali Hill: Agitators ransack meeting in Koraput village

The Mali Hill in Koraput is the source of several streams, home to medicinal trees and is an elephant corridor, protestors say

Telangana’s new forest conflict panels bring Centre-state land rights relation under scanner

FRA empowers Gram Sabhas and the committees headed by the sub collectors and the district collectors to determine and recognise the forest rights …

Ripe for a green economy

Forests are home, say women of Kodalpali, Sinduria and neighbouring villages in Odisha’s Nayagarh; they can build the economy of the future

Aarey: Metro car shed project supporters, opponents lock horns online; accuse and justify

The new government of Maharashtra had issued directions to move the project to Aarey forest hours after taking oath June 30

IN PHOTOS: Dev gudis of Bastar get a new lease of life

Across India, sacred groves are known by many names. In Jharkhand, they are generally called sarnas; in Chhattisgarh, dev gudis, which means the …

Elephant electrocuted in Odisha: Third death in 34 days

As many as 732 elephants died between 2009 and 2019 in Odisha 

Conserving nature leads to higher net economic value: Study

It also pointed out that conservation and restoration did not universally provide greater net value than intensive human usage

An old man and his baton: Meet Damodar Kashyap

Kashyap has ensured food, and livelihood in Bastar villages by offering them thriving forests

Mica flakes could become forest produce in Jharkhand

Legislation means that local trade in flakes is considered illegal while on-ground trade is clandestine and vibrant

Forest rights in Bastar: Of tribals being ‘guests’ in their own woods

There is a strong need to recognise locals’ customary rights over forests in Bastar and enhance their capacity to conserve them

Community-based natural resource management in Himachal still weak

A host of measures are needed to ensure community-based natural resource management and better provisioning of ecological services for the …

What if not single-use plastics? Why not leaf cutlery?

Leaf plates and spoons could help in combating climate change and also bring adivasis out of poverty

Lord! Where will the wood for Jagannath’s chariot come from?

As the forest cover in Odisha decreases, there are apprehensions about the scarcity of wood for making the deity’s chariot for the Rath Yatra

The rediscovery of wild food plants

While India is slowly rediscovering such plants, the forests must be co-managed by tribal communities in order to preserve them for posterity

Turn the clock back on the year gone past

Want to know what all happened in the world of environment, health, agriculture and forests in 2018? Here is your complete round-up of the last year

Water in forests: Finding the blue in the greens

It is time we rediscover forests as a ‘water commons’ to aid India’s fight against climate change

Why increase in global tree cover does not call for celebration

Much of it could be due to the increase in planted forests, which are more vulnerable to extreme climatic events

Just 32% tribal children consume healthy diet: expert committee

A report by an expert committee constituted by health ministry shows that malnutrition among tribals is more than among non-tribals