Book Excerpt: A guide to the Peninsula’s indigenous floral wealth
Many in southern India are unaware that the region hosted and still hosts unique botanical life
Old forests are critically important for slowing climate change and merit immediate protection from logging
A majority of national forest area that is mature and old growth is not protected from logging
Over 17,000 tree species face heightened risk of extinction due to global change
Scientists say current IUCN Red List status may be an underestimation of risks for many tree species
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
‘Our injunction won’t lead to the depletion of ground water’
Down To Earth speaks to KR Jaithran, chairman of the Kodungallur municipality, about its new injunction to plant two fruiting trees in the …
Missing the woods: 18% of India’s 2,603 tree species threatened with extinction
Globally, nearly 30 per cent of trees are threatened due to a number of factors, according to the State of the World’s Trees report
How Auroville can teach us all a thing or two about offsetting carbon
The Government of India can enact a legilslation emulating Auroville, which plants trees to offset carbon emissions from transport
Urban trees can tackle pollution, heat waves
A report points out trees and other types of vegetation, when planted along a city street or grown in a park or residential yard, provide …
Why do we study tree rings and what do they tell us?
Besides understanding how climate changed in the past, tree rings can also help us in studying monthly flows of rivers
Sacred, a way of life
Besides conserving individual tree species, indigenous communities have marked forested areas associated with deities, spirits, rituals and …
An urban dream
Goans come together to protect the irreplaceable rain trees of Panaji against a callous government
Trees, crops endemic to India can help combat air pollution: Study
Peepal, mango, neem, maize, safflower & pigeon pea are found to be most suitable for areas with higher levels of air pollution
Money plants?
How green is your money? Investors try to figure out as plantation companies take them for a ride
This town in Karnataka has its very own Central Park
The Gubbi Tree Park, inaugurated recently by the Tumakuru Forest Division in Karnataka, has shone a light on creating state-of-the-art green …
An initiative to revive native trees of Delhi
'I Love You Delhi' is a novel initiative, part of which is to revive the native tree species of Delhi. Sohail Madan explains the revival process
People's trees
A TREE IN MY LIFE Exhibition of paintings and sculptures at the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature New Delhi
How many trees for a political tamasha?
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha Jayaram's self-boosting extravaganza in Madurai has cost the nation an estimated 40,000 litres of precious …
A tree to tale
Exhibition>> Landmark Trees of India • by Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness • American Centre Delhi • April 15-29
History teaches us that careful thought must go into planting trees
The scientific idea that forests influence rainfall fell into decline during the middle of the twentieth century. But it has regained popularity, …
Delhi tree felling: Absent forest policy, absentee Tree Authority
Between 2014 and 2017, the government planted 28,12,000 trees against the target of 36, 57,000, leaving a shortfall of 845,000 trees
The science of planting (and nurturing) trees
Why monsoon plantation programs can benefit from a more nuanced, evidence-based approach
Cutting disgrace
Increased demand for timber in Pakistan has prompted poor tribals to sell their trees as a means of generating income
Ghana plants 5 million trees in one day
The government plans to make Green Ghana Day an annual event, with the target expanded to 100 million by 2024
The ecological cost of highway to my village
How construction of a road led to economical, cultural shift in my village in Jaunpur
A unique tree park for Chennai
With 300 species of trees, the ‘Forest Genetic Resources Tree Park’ will serve as a unique gene pool for Tamil Nadu’s …