Destroying Nigeria’s riverside forests is bad for the freshwater ecosystem
Rapid decline in freshwater biodiversity attributed to deforestation
El Salvador recognises forests as living entities
The central American country has lost about 85 per cent of its native forests since the 1960s
Forest law amendment threatens existence of van panchayats
The amendment says that the government can take away the management rights in case it feels that the community is not managing the forest sustainably
‘The Congo more climate-resilient than Amazonia? Jury is still out’
Down To Earth speaks to Elsa Ordway from UCLA about a 10-year study on the ecology of tropical forests in the Congo Basin and other parts of …
Simply Put: Deforestation due to coal
Hunting has affected more than half of tropical forests: Study
Scientists in the Netherlands find a 70 per cent decline in mammal population in Western Africa, which is the biggest in the world
Brazil lost rainforest the size of Jamaica in 2019-2020: Institute
There was a 9.5 per cent jump in deforestation of the Brazillian Amazon since 2019, in line with President Jair Bolsonaro’s anti-…
Why India needs to revise its forest cover targets
Tree plantations by the State forest departments are driven by national policies and forest cover targets; here is why they should be revised
India’s forest cover goes up by nearly 3% this decade; but all is not well
'Very dense forests', which absorb maximum carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, increased by a mere 1.14 % between 2017 and 2019, according …
Global Forest Resource Assessment: Tropical forests the size of Europe lost in first 20 years of this century
Deforestation slowed by 30% in 2010-18; cropland, oil palm plantation and grazing biggest drivers of deforestation
The earth likely holds more than 9,000 undiscovered tree species; and they are in danger
Undiscovered tree species are more likely to be present in in tropical and subtropical dry forests, which are threatened by development projects
Simply Put: The forest firefighter
जग बीती: आस्ट्रेलिया में आग बनाम सरकार
Simply put: 54,000 trees to be razed for bullet train project
Simply Put: Forest dwellers
‘Giving community rights to indigenous people will benefit nations, nature’
Environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaks to Down To Earth about how these communities are solution providers for issues surrounding …
Dedicated financial bonds can help capture economic value of cloud forests in 25 countries: Report
Finance should be mobilised for cloud forest protection through payments schemes targeting 25 developing countries, public finance institutions, …
Forest rights good for forests too: This Odisha village shows how
Focus on lower-level shrubs, plants help arrest depletion of local species; help tribals resume cultural practices
Natural History: World's oldest forest identified from fossils
Researchers classify an area in an abandoned sandstone quarry in Cairo, New York as the remains of the world's oldest forests
More than half of forest wildlife declined since 1970: WWF
Loss of habitat, overexploitation and climate change were identified as major factors that threatened the survival of forest animals
Forest rights: Forgotten histories or deliberate ignorance?
Incomplete verification of rights under FRA fail to redress the historical injustice meted out to forest dwelling communities
Maharashtra did not comply with compensatory afforestation rules: CAG
The audit showcased how state forest department and MoEFCC failed to ensure compliance of conditions while granting clearance
Forest Rights Act: Let’s look at its impact on wildlife, politics
Here are different perspectives on what the Supreme Court hearing on the fate of “encroachers” may mean for all those who dwell in …
Revisiting the tigers vs tribals trope
Instead of rejecting forest dwellers rights over land to conserve wildlife, a sincere and responsible implementation of FRA must be sought
10 interventions government must make to protect forest rights
BJP-led NDA has won 38 out of 48 reserved seats for Scheduled Tribes across the country, of which a majority is from forest-rich areas