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