Sandalwood moment for cows; Madhya Pradesh’s proposed law will be the last nail for livestock economy

Government's proposal to make abandonment of cows punishable will make it a pariah breed and would fuel widespread black market for trade, just …

Conservation goals: Kerala community uses solar energy to protect sandalwood reserve from smugglers

The lights will help over 300 forest protection staff for night surveillance

New way to grow sandal trees could boost production

In recent years, production of sandalwood has dwindled while the demand has been going up

Conditional surrender

Play bandit

Lapses detected

Between the lines

Veerappan's history has been written in red in official records. But support from high places as much as from the ordinary people has sustained him

Trial by terror

Is Veerappan playing his last ace? Or is he having the last laugh on the incompetence of the State machinery?

Scandal in sandal

Veerappan strikes again

When alienation ruins

Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …

Veerappan is dead

Long live the other Veerappans?

Why pruning of timber tree species is a strict no-no

Pruning of timber tree species harms both the quality and quantity of wood and needs to be checked immediately

Wood for scandal

While the Union government has finally permitted Tamil Nadu to export sandalwood, State monopoly of the trade is yet to be abolished

Karnataka hangs on to its sandalwood

The Karnataka government ostensibly allows private production of sandalwood, but actually maintains a tight rein on the trade. In fact, eight …

Elusive trail

Despite heavy deployment of police, Veerappan has remained elusive. The Special Task Force used the ugliest tactics to track him down, but failed

About 20,000 tonnes of Red Sanders were smuggled from India between 2016 and 2020: Report

Heartwood of Red Sanders is in demand in the domestic and international markets for making furniture, handicrafts and musical instruments

Catch me if you can

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Catch me a colossus

Catching Veerappan, who amuses himself upsetting the government cart, is like trying to cage a titan. The State is in no position to meet his …

When alienation ruins

Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …

Global Eco Watch: Komodo dragons could become extinct soon due to climate change

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Sandal act

Winds of change in the scented wood

Andhra Pradesh to sell 4,000 tonnes of red sanders

State to call global tenders soon to sell wood seized from smugglers

Charaka and Sushruta reborn

Bangalore University's new BioPark has medicinal gardens that incorporate the near-forgotten science of India's ancient medical treatises