The spirit of los Haitises

Humans and forests stand at a bitter crossroad in the Dominican Republic, where conserving remnants of rainforests jeopardise the survival of …

Destruction as a way of sustainable farming

For centuries, the Iban tribals of Malaysia have cultivated crops by clearing trees, but without endangering the rainforests. At the centre of …

Timber tussle

Survival collars

Amazon project: fight over funds, sovereignty and forests

Brazil

Debt trap

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka under pressure to let the US play a decisive role in conserving its tropical forests

MEXICO

McNamara shoots from the hip

Today's neo-Malthusians have acquired a fashionable new fig leaf: environmentalism. And Robert McNamara's recent talk in Delhi was an eloquent …

Wielding the green whip

Mexico can't sell its "dolphin-unfriendly" tuna to USA. Japan faces punishment for exporting jewellery made of hawksbill sea turtle shell. …

लंबे समय तक जीवित रहने वाले पेड़ निभाते हैं कार्बन भंडारण में बड़ी भूमिका

रिसर्च टीम ने लगभग 300 अलग-अलग तरह के पेड़ की प्रजातियों के बारे मे पता लगाया, जो बारो कोलोराडो द्वीप पर पाई जाती हैं

60% of primate species now threatened with extinction, says major new study

Our closest relatives are being wiped out and it's all our fault

Shattering myths

The world's largest experiment in sustainable rainforest management is all set to shatter some age-old myths

Soya poisoning

Messenger

Dying repositories of the world's biodiversity

Rich in flora and fauna, rain forests are nevertheless ecologically fragile. Their loss due to human depredation could result in environmental …

Rainforest malady

Tree heat

Environmentalists give us one more reason to save the rainforests from being axed

HUNTING BUTTERFLIES

INDONESIA

A brewing invasion

Urban 'forests' can store almost as much carbon as tropical rainforests

It's hard to measure the value of a tree, but scientists equipped with lasers have come one step closer

Study says large animals important for carbon storage in tropical forests

Global decline in the population of several wild animal species is among the most widespread drivers of Earth’s biodiversity crisis

For love of Amazon

Film>> RAINFORESTS • Peru/France

The new culprit of global warming

Though the world's attention is focussed on the degradation of tropical forests as a major contributor to global warming, the depletion of boreal …