A study in green: Coaching centre in Bihar gives free classes to poor in exchange for saplings

The institute has helped plant 110,000 saplings since it was founded in 2008  

Lest we forget our indigenous trees—a tryst with Bird Cherry

Our encounters with trees are a reminder of how ignorant we are about the flora that surround us. Thus, those busy with various engagements must …

Small-scale markets will be a win-win for marginal farmers, buyers of cultivated bamboo

It will encourage small farmers to scale up existing bamboo plantations and take up new ones

Scientists set out to study long-living African tree found them dying

They suspect climate change to be the cause of the death of baobab trees that live for thousands of years

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

Climate change may cause up to 38% decline of low & mid latitude deodar trees

Droughts and heat stress may also cause infestation in trees, research notes

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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

The Christmas tree is a tradition older than Christmas

Winter solstice has been a notable day of celebration in agrarian societies throughout human history

IN PICTURES: The vibrant, colourful world of Bastar’s haat bazaars

Colourful bamboo baskets, laughter of women sipping away at mahua, sweets to devour — haat bazaars of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, are a different …

Zimbabwe baobab trees dying due to mysterious disease

This could cause a potential food crisis in the country which is in the throes of drought

Parliament debates Delhi air, but what about earlier panel reports?

Parliamentary panel on science and technology and environment and forests tabled report in August 2018; nothing much has been done on …

Over a third of forest land in Burhanpur lost to encroachers: Officials

On March 11, about 250 forest officials were attacked by the encroachers while launching a drive to remove encroachments here

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 6, 2023)

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

Analysis of Himalayan tree rings shows decline in summer monsoon for the last 180 years

Tree rings have commonly been used to reconstruct past environmental and climatic conditions in the absence of direct observation

New species of frog discovered in Western Ghats

It has been named Ghatixalus magnus after its large size, making it the biggest known tree frog in the Western Ghats

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

Global Eco Watch: Carnivorous frog enters South Australia, could wreak havoc

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

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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

Haryana police encroaches upon forest land to build training centre, residential complex: RTI

At both the sites, the cops have not procured any permissions and cut thousands of fully grown trees

Amphibians exposed to insecticides during larval stages are not at greater risk of disease: study

Study conducted on Gray Tree frogs for 28 days

Illegal timber trade threatens survival of Mukula tree in Zambia

Illegal timber industry threatens this endangered tree of Zambia

Stinking tree treats cancer

Survey to find best specimens for cloning

Globally, over 15 per cent of all tree species face extinction threat

More than 300 species are critically endangered, with just 50 or fewer individual trees for each species left in the wild