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Plantation work by local people in a forest near Thala village in Kangra district. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

Studies question effectiveness of forest plantations

Seema Sharma 10 Jun 2025
Coffee and tea agroforests in the Anamalai Hills, with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in the background. Image by Pooja Choksi.

How trees outside forests impact human well-being

Aisiri Amin 5 Jun 2025

When forests fall and peacocks cry [Commentary]

Sanjay Asthana 29 May 2025
Women of the Mannan tribe in Kerala fishing. The tribal affairs ministry requires all states and union territories to map potential forest lands that fall within the purview of the Forest Rights Act. Image by Nebu George via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What encroachment into forest lands means [Commentary]

C. R. Bijoy 26 May 2025
A herd of musk deer, which are endangered, cross a road near Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand. The state reported 93% of all restoration interventions in the Western Himalayan region. Image by Surajit Das via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Unpacking three decades of restoration in the Western Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 May 2025
An evergreen forest being felled in Arunachal Pradesh. While forest loss may influence malaria transmission and mortality, the extent of this impact is still being understood. Image by Saurabhsawantphoto via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forests can both help and hinder malaria transmission, mortality

Simrin Sirur 7 May 2025
A shepherd from the Bakarwal community of Jammu and Kashmir with her livestock. Image by Amitkanwar919 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The costs of coexisting with predators

Sneha Mahale 6 May 2025
A Jerdon's bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus crassus) spotted in Coochbehar, West Bengal. When it rains, this species is one of many that sings. Image by Kingshuk Mondal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Listening to frogs can offer clues to their decline [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 5 May 2025

Indigenous traditions shape wolf survival

Sneha Mahale 16 Apr 2025
From left: Priyanka Bharali, Rashmi Borah, Dipanjali Boraik and Mitali Boruah. Image by Arpita Das Choudhury.

When women stand guard for the forest

Arpita Das Choudhury 11 Apr 2025
In what was arguably the biggest citizen-led environmental protest Telangana has witnessed in the recent past, university students, faculty, and environmentalists protested and stopped bulldozers from razing down Kancha Gachibowli. Image by xx.

Forest row spotlights diminishing value of urban green patches

Arathi Menon 9 Apr 2025
Neela Hauz Biodiversity Park, a restored wetland near Sanjay Van, serves as a thriving habitat for migratory birds. Image by Nidhi Jamwal.

Creating urban biodiversity parks from degraded lands

Nidhi Jamwal 6 Mar 2025
Protecting core areas ensures tiger populations remain at sustainable levels. Photo Credit David V Raju via Wikimedia Commons

The rise, fall, and return of India’s tigers

Sneha Mahale 27 Feb 2025

Public private partnerships build urban forests

Shweta Thakur Nanda 20 Feb 2025
Kallur Balan: The Man Who Planted a Forest

[Obituary] Kallur Balan: The man who planted a forest

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2025

Reviving the culinary heritage of the Monpas

Barasha Das 21 Jan 2025

Relocating villages in core tiger areas based on science

Nikhil Sreekandan 7 Jan 2025

[Commentary] Can CAMPA compensate for the loss of forest land?

Himanshu Upadhyaya, Vaishnavi Paliya 6 Jan 2025
Madhya Pradesh, known as the Tiger State, has the highest number of tigers among all states in the country. Image by Vikas Sulya.

Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve?

Deshdeep Saxena 2 Jan 2025
The latest forest survey reports a 1,446 sq. km. increase in forest and tree cover since 2021, with 156 sq. km. in forest cover and 1,289 sq. km. in tree cover. Image by Pooja Rathod via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Forest Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to natural ecosystems

Kundan Pandey 27 Dec 2024