Review of 'Trees of Delhi', a book by Pradip Krishen

Book>>Trees of Delhi A Field Guide by Pradip Krishen Penguin Books India>> Dorling Kindersley 2006

Looking beyond hype and nostalgia

To most modern Indian writers, the environment means trees, birds and animals -- and human beings, in aesthetic or metaphysical communion with them.

A letter from a villager

A villager in Goa wants to cut a tree growing in his backyard to mend his damaged roof. But he needs to get permission from the tree officer. And …

Saved from the axe

Spirited village women in Himachal Pradesh save a clump of deodar trees from being chopped by mercenary woodcutters.

Plant prospects

The stubborn juliflora, which grows mostly in drylands and wastelands, is now invading arable areas. One still speculates about the repercussions

Saving Buddha's tree

Located on the banks of river Niranjana in Bodhgaya, south Bihar, the holy mahabodhi tree under which Buddha sat and meditated is infested with …

Branch office

Genetically engineered trees can clean up paper industry

With the application of the new technique, residue from trees can also be used in making adhesives, carbon fibers and paint additives

Trees saving 850 human lives a year in US

In monetary terms, the health benefits caused due to removal of air pollution by trees in the US is $ 6.8 billion a year, says a study

A wildfire recovery guide for California

Many good-intentioned people take wrong steps after a fire because of ignorance. The California Native Plant Society has released a guide for …

The logic of mass tree plantations

Such plantations can succeed in India only if farmers are given proper incentive and protection to grow them

'Central European trees more prone to frost damage due to global warming'

Study says late spring frosts affect growth and reproduction of plants, and result in economic losses

The week that was

Round-up of science news from the week that includes a possible vaccine for dengue, cosmic rays in the Milky Way and other news stories

Miracle amid ruins

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New fruit of jam

Ending resin tapping

Blind carnage

Desertification: Planet’s tree-covered areas fell by 35,204 sq km in 15 years

Countries party to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification meet to review the first global land degradation assessment

Heritage Trees of Delhi

Monuments built by the numerous rulers of Delhi have also become home to some of the city’s old, indigenous trees. These were termed as “…

Need to restore 10 million hectares a year to prevent desertification in Africa

The Food and Agriculture Organization presented a map of restoration potential along Africa's Great Green Wall

Coconuts: Goa's trees or grass?

Goa government's decision to derecognise coconut palm as a tree has left the state's trademark tree at the mercy of developers

Pollutants take heavy toll of European trees

Trees at risk

Pest attack

Forests in Himachal Pradesh are under attack from a deadly pest

Cloning trees