Delhi tree felling: Absent forest policy, absentee Tree Authority

Between 2014 and 2017, the government planted 28,12,000 trees against the target of 36, 57,000, leaving a shortfall of 845,000 trees

Girl burnt alive for protesting against tree felling

The incident took place on the 44th anniversary of the Chipko movement, a conservation campaign that successfully prevented cutting of trees

Goa’s private forests, a last defence against global warming

The government needs to work on incentives for people to hold on to private forests rather than sell them

Over 1,700 trees to be axed for widening NH-59 in Odisha

The felling of several old trees has already been started in Ratanpur

NGT bans cutting of trees in forests without requisite clearance

Complaint says felling of trees for charcoal production affects a forest area of 20,000 sq km annually

Kodagu landslides not a natural disaster

Here’s an account of the situation in disaster-hit Kodagu in Karnataka by a geologist who volunteered for the relief work

State of the World’s Forests 2022: 10% of total forest area on Earth lost in 30 years

It stated that annual global consumption of natural resources is likely to increase to 190 billion tonnes in 2060 from 92 billion tonnes in 2017

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 23, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Not yet April, but mercury at 44.6 in Odisha’s Baripada

Some 18,500,748 trees were felled in Odisha in the last 11 years, according to the state government

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 21, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Bihar government sees red over unsought pruning of trees

Contractors hired for renovation of a planetarium have been fined for cutting of trees without permission

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 12, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 22-26)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

As told to Parliament (March 21, 2022): PM10 pollution worsened in 31 cities in 2020-21, decreased in 96

All that was discussed in the House through the day