पर्यावरण बचाने में सहायक हो सकते हैं लकड़ी से बने भवन

अगर लकड़ी से इमारतें बनाई जाएंगी तो वे कार्बन सिंक कर सकती हैं। परतदार लकड़ी से बना एक पांच मंजिला आवासीय भवन प्रति वर्ग ...

Timber trail

Death logs

Workers in the wood industry face higher risk of cancer

Trees are our only livelihood

Meghalaya's west Khasi hills. He shares with Centre for Science and Environment media fellow P Madhavan his experience of the charcoal trade

Cedar crisis

Numbers declining fast; afforestation insufficient

Vegetables perk up Ladakh's winters

Greenhouses made of plastic and wood are creating a green revolution in Ladakh.

FOLLOW UP

Owning up

The MP government makes amends for the Dewas killing

Tough measure

Better alternatives

Preservative row

Selling coal to Newcastle

The see-saw approach

The Central Public Works Department has banned the use of wood in its construction projects, ignoring the fact that the substitutes are more …

Chopping down the future

About 90 per cent of Arunachal Pradesh's revenue is generated by its forests. Yet these very forests are under heavy pressure, thanks to …

यूपी में वन क्षेत्र खस्ताहाल फिर भी 632 नए लकड़ी उद्योगों को बांटे लाइसेंस

लकड़ी की कुल संभावित उपलब्धता की भ्रामक गणना के बाद एनजीटी ने 3000 करोड़ रुपये के निवेश वाले नए उद्योगों को स्थापित करने और ...

WWF Global Futures pushes ‘nature-based solutions’ agenda

They are not only a distraction from reducing consumption and decarbonising all sectors of the domestic economy, but also promise to intensify …

Certified eco-friendly

Eco-labelling of timber products is around the corner with the launch of the Forest Stewardship Council, which brings together businesspersons, …

Wood substitute

Snippets

Trading deforestation

How China's growing wood imports are affecting its neighbours

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 …

India's demand for teak wood endangers Ecuador's rainforests

Ecudaor lost about 0.4 million hectares tree cover between 2001 and 2015

Panna tribals denied forest entry in the name of animal conservation

Women are now overburdened with the responsibility of fetching food for the family. Earlier, tribals would collect food and firewood from …

Toxic links

Exposure to wood dust can cause cancer

The woods are lovely

The conservation of forests and Natural Ecosystems Bill, sponsored by the ministry of environment and forests, seeks to weed out an obsolete …