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About 43 million hectares of forest lost in 14 years

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2021
Nectar plant and host plants are important for butterfly habitat. Sunflower, marigold, lantana, petunia, hibiscus are some common nectar plants in India. Photo- Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay

As butterfly parks come up for awareness, butterflies continue to lose habitat overall

Manish Chandra Mishra 25 Dec 2020

Conserving the grass on Himalayan slopes

Hridayesh Joshi 4 Dec 2020

Lantana invasion threatens 40 percent of India’s tiger habitat, reports study

Rajat Rastogi 18 Aug 2020

During lockdown foresters try to balance field work and prevention of disease spread

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 30 Mar 2020

The evolving story of India’s forests

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Feb 2020

All forest fires may not be bad fires

Arathi Menon 25 Feb 2020

[Commentary] Alternate perspectives on forest fires in India

Bharath Sundaram 13 Feb 2020

Most forest fires in India on account of human activity

Kanchan Srivastava 22 Jan 2020

India’s forest cover is rising but northeast and tribal areas lose

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Jan 2020

[Photos] Forest fires in Indonesia, fuelled by global palm oil demand

Nopri Ismi 24 Nov 2019

Mother Earth’s wrath went easy on human lives in 2016, compared to previous years

Sahana Ghosh, Mayank Aggarwal 21 Nov 2019

Your environment this week: Dealing with Fani, India’s solar sector waste challenge

Mongabay India 10 May 2019

Increasing dry season fires in Kerala spotlight debate around man-made fires

Haritha John 6 May 2019

Forest fires impact typical Himalayan trees

Manupriya 2 May 2019

With forest rights in focus ahead of elections, proposed changes to Forest Act draw attention

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Mar 2019

When forests are not forests at all, can fire be used to better manage them?

Priyanka Hari Haran 13 Mar 2019

When drought and extreme heat strike forests at the same time

Sandhya Sekar 17 Oct 2018

Decline in forest fires in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve indicates management effectiveness

Neha Jain 20 Sep 2018