Planting forests no panacea for the climate crisis: IPCC

The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land says land-based carbon sinks are not limitless

Timeline of an unwarranted act: How India has legislated on forests

Does independent India's first amendment to the Indian Forest Act reflect the changes in forest policy?

Forest Rights Act: Forced out of forest

Mineral-rich states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have the highest rate of rejection of claims

A unique tree park for Chennai

With 300 species of trees, the ‘Forest Genetic Resources Tree Park’ will serve as a unique gene pool for Tamil Nadu’s …

Tumakuru sets a green example

The hilly and forested district in southeast Karnataka is giving new lessons to the rest of India on responsible forestry

Tendu finds no takers; no contractor turns up for auction in Maharashtra  

It seems contractors are waiting until mid-April, when leaves plucking will start and collectors will be forced to sell leaves at throwaway prices

It is legal, yet harvesting bamboo out of reach for these communities

Though bamboo can now be legally harvested, local communities are protesting as they face administrative hurdles

Experts advise community-led forest conservation in Himalayas

Being major biodiversity hotspots, forests provide critical goods and services like timber and firewood

Fire in the mountains

Researchers studying bird communities in Kumaon Himalayas detail the devastating effects of Uttarakhand's forest fires on wildlife and …

Life in the burning mountains

Besides destroying hectares of forest land, the Uttarakhand forest fire has huge implications on the lives and livelihoods of the local population

Gasping for breath

Entire tree species face the threat of extinction from the increasing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide

MEF stumped

State governments badger the MEF to implement its own proposal of industrial plantations in degraded forests

National biodiversity plan admits India has failed to conserve biodiversity

Wealth of forests withheld

Forest departments across the country owe millions of rupees to communities. For 20 years communities toiled under the Joint Forest Management …

Does the Supreme Court order mean eviction of forest dwellers right away?

Some reasons why the rejection of FRA does not amount to a claimant being an encroacher

Lac melts

Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall hit lac production in India

Collectors turn entrepreneurs

A forest official helps tribals add value to forest produce and earn more

Fire in the mountain

Acute fodder crisis behind forest fires in Himachal Pradesh

Forests: lost in the wild

Sullied effort

A CAG report castigates the government for its poor implementation of the Ganga Action Plan

Blasted out

Gubraida gram panchayat scripts a success story by bringing illegal mining to a halt

Cabinet nod to joint parliamentary committee recommendations

Demolished

Illegal structures around the Ranthambore national park

Natural injustice

Reserve game