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Labour scarcity makes coffee plantation ecosystem in Western Ghats fragile: Study
Rising labour costs, urbanisation and increased use of pesticides point to a growing conservation concern in the Ghats
Global Eco Watch: Key Indonesia law incapable of protecting 80% of rainforest vulnerable to palm oil plantation
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Coffee: here’s the carbon cost of your daily cup – and how to make it climate-friendly
Using less fertiliser, managing water and energy use more efficiently during milling and exporting the beans by cargo ship rather than aeroplane …
Forest panel bats for pvt plantations as compensation
Activists concerned Forest Advisory Committee recommendation will lead to privatisation, destruction of forests
Environmentalists hail Indonesia's moratorium plan on new palm oil permits, mining operations
According to a study published in 2014 Indonesia had the highest rate of deforestation in the world
Oil palm in India’s northeast: economy v ecology
India is promoting oil palm plantations in northeastern states, but this could have negative impacts on the region’s biodiversity
Roots of water scarcity
Contrary to popular belief, afforestation programmes that blindly plant trees in the hope of conserving water only end up consuming more water
Chhattisgarh communities assert forest rights
The Chhattisgarh Rajya Van Vikas Nigam was carrying out “thinning” inside the forests adjacent to the village, Sanauli, when a …
Expanding palm oil cultivation in Africa can be risky for endangered primates
A new study says that it will be challenging to reconcile oil palm expansion and African primate conservation as most areas suitable for …
Palm oil giant IOI challenges suspension order in Zurich court
The compnay has challenged the suspension of its certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in the Zurich district court
REDD and REDD +: An Overview
Shankar Gopalakrishnan, from the Campaign for Survival and Dignity, stresses that REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest …
Here's how government is encouraging illegal trade in red sanders
A contradictory policy towards export of red sanders is fuelling illegality and hurting farmers
India's demand for teak wood endangers Ecuador's rainforests
Ecudaor lost about 0.4 million hectares tree cover between 2001 and 2015
How indigo spread
Indigo Plantations and Science in Colonial India by Prakash Kumar, Cambridge University Press, Rs 995
Don’t eat the rainforests: Top brands complicit in Indonesia’s ecosystem destruction, probe alleges
Companies procuring oil from and financing the Royal Golden Eagle, which set up palm oil and pulp plantations in Indonesia, finds investigation
Why are tea plantation workers dying of hunger?
Lack of oversight by state governments, along with low wages and tough working conditions, is causing starvation deaths, says a fact finding team
Different colours of green
How media has shaped people's understanding of environment
Centre sets up panel to form national policy on rubber
Committee asked to submit its report on what ails rubber sector and its future growth in six months
Plantation land for tourism
President's assent to Kerala Land Reforms Act amendment legalises resorts on plantations, which mostly border sanctuaries
Andaman & Nicobar wants to take a reverse gear on oil palm
Sixteen years after the Supreme Court banned monoculture plantations in the islands' fragile ecosystem, the administration wants it revoked
Tata Tea under scanner for poor living condition and coercion of workers
World Bank authorises enquiry after investing US $8 million in the global beverages company
Palm oil plantations driving illegal logging in Indonesia
Report shows how corruption and lax enforcement by government is abetting illegal practices by well-connected business people
Which forests can be felled for oil palm plantations?
Palm oil companies undertake their own study to decide the magic carbon threshold number
A hurried job
Karnataka government’s survey to estimate the scale of endosulfan tragedy is a half-hearted attempt
