Wood substitutes threaten plywood industry

A CPWD proposal to ban use of timber in construction has generated friction between manufacturers of wood substitutes and plywood, with each side …

Cyclone tamers: An Odisha village restores mangroves to allay impact of cyclones

Mangroves can only be successfully revived in areas with a history of plantation

Over a coffee farm

Threat to African tropical grasslands by misguided tree planting, study warns

An area size of France threatened by forest restoration initiatives; tree planting widespread across non-forest systems

Can high density plantations save Himachal's apple economy?

While experts say the technique can help the state fight climate change, farmers are worried if the state government is prepared

Plucking out problems

Tea estates in Darjeeling are embracing innovative techniques to combat the impacts of climate change

Aiding agenda

Sacred flaws

Why the Odisha government's move to save sacred groves has enraged tribal communities

Under attack

Mile-a-minute solution

Fungus to weed out the plague of India's tea plantations

No price panel meetings in 10 Assam tea-growing districts in 5 years, finds CAG

Less than 4 meetings held in the rest of the 8 districts; less than two meetings per year took place in 5 West Bengal tea districts during 2016-…

Planting trees to protect tiger habitat in Maharashtra

A safe forest corridor was critical for the facilitation of tiger dispersal between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserves, the organisation said

THERE IS NO JUSTICE

E VIJAYALAKSHMI and RUHANI KAUR travel around Padre village, Kasargod district, Kerala and find what living with endosulfan has done to the area …

Coffee - not for birds

How to cool a green space? Plant trees downstream of wind

Study in Shanghai looked into impact of tree layouts on microclimate of generic green areas 

Tree-planting campaigns can reduce, not improve biodiversity, shows study

Tree plantations can contradict the real purpose of planting trees, according to the study

India was a tree planting laboratory for 200 years — here are the results

Colonial era experiments on forests between 1857 and 1947 offer important lessons on consequences of different approaches to restoring …

A tonne of fossil carbon isn’t the same as a tonne of new trees: Why offsets can’t save us

Avoiding the worst of climate change means stopping the extraction and burning of fossil fuels; offsets will not save us

Why Bengal tea workers feel let down by political parties

Low wages, hazardous work conditions and ‘hollow promises’ have left workers disillusioned

Uttaranchal tea estates bane for farmers

Pesticide jeopardy

Conduct epidemiological study, says court

Coorg cardamom gets GI status

Is this a sign?

Rainfall in the Western Ghats has been steadily declining, triggering fears of a drought in one of the world's most water-rich regions

Coffee that will keep the Cauvery flowing

It is time we thought long and deep about the origins of our rivers. Their birth is our life

Private plantations urged on forest land

After supporting India's forestry programmes for almost two decades, the World Bank now is moving toward arrogating to itself governance of the …