Back to basics

Integrating indigenous knowledge in joint forest management projects is an essential prerequisite for the success of such programmes, but years …

Mercurial exhalations

Callous forest law

Bytes

What India can learn from failure of European forests to mitigate climate change

Replacing native species of natural forests with exotic ones reduces their effectiveness as carbon sinks

Don’t just count the trees

Quality of forests is as important as tree cover

When planting trees is a curse

UNITED NATIONS

An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth’s ecosystems than we knew

They are likely to play increasingly important roles as vascular plants decline under predicted hotter, drier & more variable global climates

Giants in the mist

Giant redwood trees seem to water their own habitat

Stepmotherly tree(tment)

A PEOPLE'S VERDICT

Teak rings uncover rainfall data

Trees are not very effective carbon sinks

Nature cares

Nature has proved to be much more successful in removing excess carbon monoxide from atmosphere

Trees of the desert

Trees fight back

After killing trees by the millions, the Dutch elm disease finally meets its match

Leaf economics

Plant growth rate determines their vulnerability to changes

The relation between tanks and trees

For survival of the traditional water management structures, one must understand the linkages between the tanks and trees

Global Eco Watch: Key Indonesia law incapable of protecting 80% of rainforest vulnerable to palm oil plantation

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

Algae accused

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 21, 2024)

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

Forestland benefits

Under the Lok Vaniki scheme, a farmer can extract benefits from his land by selling its produce, including timber

Cleaning trees

Phytoremediation gets another shot in the arm as Japanese researchers transform conifer leaves to fantastic cleaning agents

Rings of evidence

Tree trunks tell a tale of post-war pollution in the uk