Russian poplars and COVID-19: Myths, facts and the road ahead

The Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered felling of female Russian poplars to contain COVID-19 spread; the high court ordered a stay 

Aarey's Chipko moment

The plan to clear Mumbai's last green cover is facing stiff resistance from citizens and non-profits

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 4, 2023)

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

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 

Online shopping means cutting billions of trees

India’s booming e-commerce industry has huge environmental costs and there are no estimates about the amount of packaging and waste …

Nature’s timeless abode

With a rich natural and cultural heritage, meghalaya’s mawphlang sacred grove never ceases to surprise visitors

Increasing tree cover in drylands can ensure food security, solve water crisis

The world’s drylands must be restored as they provide habitat for biodiversity, protect against erosion, help combat desertification and …

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

Gum arabic from Africa’s acacia trees in the Sahel is used in hundreds of products: What’s worth knowing

Sudan accounts for about 70% of global gum arabic exports

Protecting forests

Solace in money plant

Forestry rescues recession-ridden investors in Europe and North America

Teak trees sold

From the blurbs

Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change — yet the people showing how are being exploited

It costs an estimated $7 million a year to measure how much carbon is sequestered by intact tropical forests

Women in Chhattisgarh recreate ‘Chipko movement’ to save Hasdeo Aranya

Activists claim more than 200,000 trees spread across 841 hectares of forest will have to be chopped down for the mining projects planned in the area

Mango trees are flowering well this season; why then are farmers worried?

Traditional beliefs say mango flowering brings unpredictable rainfall; rising temperatures have a dominant role to play, say experts

These methods can help in sustainable pasture management

Forming a pasture land development committee at the local level is necessary for the development, protection and maintenance of pastures

Tree rings hold the key

They are natural archives of yearly waterflow pattern of rivers

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Mahogany woes

A new report says that USA's demand for mahogany is threatening rainforests

Poplar demand

Trees take centrestage in Himachal Pradesh

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An axe that went awry

Planting trees to protect tiger habitat in Maharashtra

A safe forest corridor was critical for the facilitation of tiger dispersal between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserves, the organisation said

Trees likely to absorb CO2 only till 2100: Study

Continued dependence on fossil fuels and rapid deforestation have limited their level absorption