Zooming in

A photographer tries to educate Delhi about how important is the Western Ghats to India

Himachal's tree sanction policy is flawed

Metal maniacs

Genetically-modified trees could be soaking up poisonous metals from the ground in the near future or even mine for precious ones

Roundtable: Is Bamboo a Minor Forest Produce?

The MFP roundtable participants discuss what constitutes a minor forest produce and whether bamboo fits its definition.   Read Sunita …

Fuel's paradise

More trees will not compensate for growing carbon emissions

Predator is the prey

Air pollution is leading to the destruction of trees

Trees eaten hollow

Sal borer has affected 3 million trees. Experts warn of an epidemic

Pollution and plants

Ecologists reveal that trees are precise indicators of environmental health, as they show specific symptoms with an increase in air pollution

The theory sinks

Forests do not sequester carbon dioxide efficiently

Controlling water

People in Andhra Pradesh now need official consent to sink new wells

African dryland trees store less carbon than believed earlier, finds study

Study by team including NASA scientists estimates carbon stocks of trees in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa; calculates 840 million …

Alien plants growing together threatening tiger habitats: Study

Multiple alien species affected soil nutrients in Kanha Tiger Reserve, put pressure on native forage plants and drove away herbivores

Science & Technology - Briefs

Disappearing tree

An evergreen tree found only in Africa is on the verge of extinction because of large-scale stripping of its bark

Mendha Lekha's struggle for bamboo rights

The climate-forest continuum

Touch that heals trees

Issue at hand

Science needs to come home -- scientists need to address the concerns of the local communities

Bamboo liberation day

According to former environment minister Jairam Ramesh, minor forest produce is a ownership right vested by Parliament under Forest Rights Act

Mutual interest

Farmers care for the hill slopes only when the hills provide livelihood -- a simple lesson that has been forgotten

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 12, 2023)

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

Old as the hills

Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Sink or elevator?

New evidence shows some plantations could actually increase global warming

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