Why India’s celebrating World Water Day and Forest Day is a farce
Instead of salvaging these highly essential resources, our country is busy butchering them
Environmentalist and Supreme Court lawyer Sanjay Upadhyay talks about planting bamboo on forest land
Parikh explains why private investors may not appreciate Government of India's scheme to allow bamboo plantations on degraded forest land
Meaning of 'forest' set to change in India
How should a 'forest' be defined in India? The Union ministry of environment and forests is currently preoccupied with this question. Placing …
Germany commits over $200 million for shattered Brazilian Amazon; but is it enough?
The flow of capital alone won’t combat the issue of deforestation until its amalgamation with government policies and laws regarding the …
New NASA model to help assess change in carbon concentrations from forests
Tropical forests absorbed more carbon than other forest types, released more carbon into atmosphere due to deforestation, degradation, the study …
All work and no foreplay
Plans are afoot to rejuvenate an overworked elephant population in Myanmar through artificial insemination
How green were the forests
The van panchayats of the Uttar Pradesh hills were created to restore the vital link between villagers and their forests. Today, they are prime …
Political hand behind tribal encroachment
Tribals displaced by the Salandi river dam in Orissa are encroaching on the Hadgarh sanctuary, allegedly at the instigation of the Socialist …
From a woman's point of view
ASIAN AND PACIFIC WOMEN'S RESOURCE AND ACTION SERIES: ENVIRONMENT Edited by Susanna George et al Publisher: Asian and Pacific Development Centre, …
Quandary over eradicating useful lantana weed
Forest officials are confronted with the spread of a weed that stifles tree growth but is useful for making baskets.
African elephants face birth control
As the result of the ban on ivory trading, elephants are overbreeding, creating problems such as the destruction of forest land.
Beware of the developers
In its bid to get out of poverty, the Bihar government has finalised a plan to drain out lakes and convert them to farmlands. But it seems to be …
People's forests
A workshop in Nepal on community forest use brings to the fore environmental gains of the concept
Where have the groves gone?
Overexploitation, skewed pricing policies and inefficient utilisation have laid bare the bamboo's vast reserves. While local communities clamour …
Hand in hand
PEOPLE & PROTECTED AREAS: TOWARDS PARTICIPATORY CONSERVATION IN INDIA· Ashish Kothari, Neena Singh and Saloni Suri (Ed)· Sage …
"I did not have enough time"
Saifuddin Soz , looks back on his achievements and failures as the Union minister of environment and forests in an interview with Anumita …
India’s ‘missing’ forests: DTE analysis exposes big gap in latest national forest survey estimates
According to a DTE analysis, there are states where over 30-50 per cent of the land classified as forests is ‘missing’ from the …
Colonial hangover persists
Forest Act Amendment Bill maintains the forest department as the supreme controlling agency
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 …