‘We will only wake up when sal trees have been driven to the brink of extinction’

The ‘treeman of Delhi’, Pradip Krishen talks to Down To Earth about the recent decision to cut 2,500 British-era sal trees on the …

Afforestation: How we planted 8,000 trees — and almost killed ourselves

For decades, humans have prioritised development over environment — and the consequences have been devastating

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 13, 2020)

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

Trees likely to absorb CO2 only till 2100: Study

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

Globally, over 15 per cent of all tree species face extinction threat

More than 300 species are critically endangered, with just 50 or fewer individual trees for each species left in the wild

Climate change can wipe out world's oldest trees

According to scientists, Bristlecone pines, which are found in the upper reaches of the White Mountains in California, could be supplanted by the …

Unhearthed

Human encroachment has created imbalance in the avian ecology. Better management practices are needed for the conservation of species diversity

Tree coagulants

Why trees don’t bleed to death on being injured

Sizing up trees

A safer, cheaper device to measure tree circumference

Tree cheers

Fig and peepal aid natural reforestation

Cooking with kokum

Spice, fruit juice and now weight watchers' manna

How to cool a green space? Plant trees downstream of wind

Study in Shanghai looked into impact of tree layouts on microclimate of generic green areas 

State of the World’s Forests 2022: 10% of total forest area on Earth lost in 30 years

It stated that annual global consumption of natural resources is likely to increase to 190 billion tonnes in 2060 from 92 billion tonnes in 2017

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 14, 2019)

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

Leonardo da Vinci revisited: Was he an environmentalist ahead of his time?

Leonardo’s notebooks are filled with illustrations of nature, their interactions with humans and in local ecosystems

Trees in dry zone need protection

Arid and semi-arid zone trees, especially those belonging to the genera prosopis, have become threatened species.

A date with the palm

Savvy Soumya Misra spends a day with Mahoba’s palm collectors to find out why a card touches a raw chord amongst them

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 17, 2024)

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

Radioactive power

DANGEROUS ROAD

A terrible confusion

A report that blames trees for water crisis. Or does it?

Natural dyes from Gulmohar flowers

Not yet April, but mercury at 44.6 in Odisha’s Baripada

Some 18,500,748 trees were felled in Odisha in the last 11 years, according to the state government

Activists allege thousands of trees felled in Hasdeo for coal mining

The activity has already displaced elephants and impacting threatened biodiversity

Houses damaged, power supply and road transport hit due to tornado in Odisha

The tornado hit seaside villages in Kendrapara district at 4 pm on June 15