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

भोपाल के बीचोबीच बचे प्राकृतिक जंगल को खतरा, विरोध के स्वर तेज

भोपाल में विधानसभा भवन के ठीक पीछे प्रस्तावित विधायक आवास की वजह से सैकड़ों पेड़ कटेंगे। शहर के पर्यावरणप्रेमी इस फैसले का विरोध कर ...

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

राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग को चौड़ा करने के लिए कटेंगे 1700 से ज्यादा पेड़

पर्यावरण कार्यकर्ताओं ने कहा कि पेड़ों को काटने की बजाय उन्हें हटा कर दूसरी जगह पर लगाया जाए

बूढ़े और कमजोर पेड़ों को काटना जरूरी : शोध

शोध के मुताबिक, समुद्र तल से एक हजार मीटर से अधिक ऊंचाई पर स्थित जंगल में बूढ़े पेड़ों की संख्या अधिक हो रही है जो ...

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

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

जन आंदोलन से रुका 4000 पेड़ों का कटान

केंद्र सरकार की एक योजना के तहत इस रोड को फोर लेन किया जाना है और इसके लिए सरकार ने सैकड़ों पेड़ों की बलि ...

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