Missing the woods: 18% of India’s 2,603 tree species threatened with extinction

Globally, nearly 30 per cent of trees are threatened due to a number of factors, according to the State of the World’s Trees report

Invasive alien forest insects will kill 1.4 million urban trees in US by 2050: Study

Ash, maple and oak trees in the US will be most affected due to insect-cause mortality

‘Our injunction won’t lead to the depletion of ground water’

Down To Earth speaks to KR Jaithran, chairman of the Kodungallur municipality, about its new injunction to plant two fruiting trees in the …

Bihar bans tree-felling

Government cites increasing pollution and heatwave in the state as reason for the ban

How Auroville can teach us all a thing or two about offsetting carbon

The Government of India can enact a legilslation emulating Auroville, which plants trees to offset carbon emissions from transport

Urban trees can tackle pollution, heat waves

A report points out trees and other types of vegetation, when planted along a city street or grown in a park or residential yard, provide …

Why do we study tree rings and what do they tell us?

Besides understanding how climate changed in the past, tree rings can also help us in studying monthly flows of rivers

Sacred, a way of life

Besides conserving individual tree species, indigenous communities have marked forested areas associated with deities, spirits, rituals and …

Trees on hire

Simply Put: Missing the woods

Simply put: Road to development

Hacked heart

Why did they have to do it?

Care for cover

A highway in Karnataka stands testimony to the efforts invested by a couple in the environment

Boon for bonsai

Researchers have developed a technique to protect bonsai trees from thieves

An urban dream

Goans come together to protect the irreplaceable rain trees of Panaji against a callous government

Simply Put: 40,000 trees cut for coal mine

MONEYMAKERS

Trees are bad

Trees, crops endemic to India can help combat air pollution: Study

Peepal, mango, neem, maize, safflower & pigeon pea are found to be most suitable for areas with higher levels of air pollution

Plants as toxin purifiers

The invisible mountain

Tree ring indicators

TREES ARE HERE

This town in Karnataka has its very own Central Park

The Gubbi Tree Park, inaugurated recently by the Tumakuru Forest Division in Karnataka, has shone a light on creating state-of-the-art green …

An initiative to revive native trees of Delhi

'I Love You Delhi' is a novel initiative, part of which is to revive the native tree species of Delhi. Sohail Madan explains the revival process