स्वास्थ्य को वायु प्रदूषण के किस पार्टिकुलेट मैटर से सबसे अधिक खतरा है

शोधकर्ताओं ने मास स्पेक्ट्रोमेट्री तकनीक का उपयोग करते हुए पार्टिकुलेट मैटर की संरचना का विश्लेषण किया और पता लगाया कि ये स्वास्थ्य के लिए ...

Forest dept finds irregularities in non-profit’s owl conservation efforts

Wildlife Research and Conservation Society accused of violations including straying from the core area of conservation, banding owl species …

States reject 543,432 FRA claims in suo motu review

West Bengal has rejected around 92 per cent of all the reviewed claims

Lethal toxicity vs quantum of pollution in Delhi’s air

Not just quantum of pollution but also toxicity of emissions must be assessed to prioritise action on pollution sources

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 …

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 ...

Europe’s biomass problem

Wood-fired power will actually increase emissions over timescales relevant to the Paris Agreement

Community-based natural resource management in Himachal still weak

A host of measures are needed to ensure community-based natural resource management and better provisioning of ecological services for the …

Regulations on shisham trade hit rosewood artisans

The reason for the dip, claims India, is the decision to include the entire Dalbergia genus under Appendix II of CITES

Lord! Where will the wood for Jagannath’s chariot come from?

As the forest cover in Odisha decreases, there are apprehensions about the scarcity of wood for making the deity’s chariot for the Rath Yatra

India demands removal of rosewood from CITES

It contends that trade of the plant species doesn’t need to be regulated as it grows at a very fast rate and is not threatened

Rosewood fades in India

After putting up a fight at CITES, will India be able to provide an alternative trade regime to rosewood artisans of the country?

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

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

साम्राज्यवादी साजिश में तबाह झूम कृषि

बर्मा के जंगलों पर अपने आधिपत्य के लिए अंग्रेजों ने न केवल वहां की स्थानीय आदिम जनजाति ‘करेन’ का शोषण किया, बल्कि उनकी परम्परागत ...

Instead of just conserving trees, harvest wood from them: study

Switching to wood from fossil fuels for heating and related combustion purposes can reduce CO2 emissions by about 2 million tonnes each year

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 …

Indigenous tree species can meet growing demand for wood

The ever-expanding population requires an enormous amount of wood, which in turn, puts intense pressure on the existing forest wealth of India

Make forestry policies people-centric, says FAO

UN agency’s latest state of the forests report says poverty alleviation and rural employment should be the ulterior driving force in …

The perfect wood

Destructive logging

Computer update

Wooden monitors to protect environs

Round logs baked square

Missing the wood for the trees

Paper wasps early casteists

Wasps are among insects that live in highly organised colonies with a clear line of authority. But a wasp species studied recently disclosed some …