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[Commentary] Exploring gender in forest landscape restoration initiatives

Alejandro von Bertrab, Aruneema Singh, Kundan Burnwal 8 Mar 2024

Supreme Court restores 1996 definition of forests in recent interim order

Simrin Sirur 27 Feb 2024

Forest dwellers struggle amid depleting forest resources

Satish Malviya 13 Feb 2024

Ability of forests as carbon sinks in question amid global warming

Simrin Sirur 29 Jan 2024

Prolonged dry weather impacts J&K’s key sectors, forests, glaciers and water bodies

Mudassir Kuloo 22 Jan 2024

[Commentary] The future of Delhi’s green spaces

Saurab Babu and Aruneema Singh 8 Jan 2024

Konkan Railways impacted agricultural lands more than forest cover, finds study

Simrin Sirur 5 Jan 2024

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes shift homes from forests to rice fields

Vandana K. 3 Jan 2024

NGOs and conservationists look into commercialising invasive plants from the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Dec 2023
Oriental pied hornbill perched on a branch.

How the loss of a natural dye-producing plant initiated the idea of a village sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 6 Dec 2023
Groups of four women form a forest patrol team in Kodalpalli village in Odisha’s Nayagarh district.

The Forest Rights Act sees outcome in a women-led forest stewardship scheme in Odisha

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Nov 2023

Dachigam National Park at risk as forest cover, natural habitat reduces, reveals study

Hirra Azmat 24 Nov 2023
Farmer Ghulam Hassan examines the feathery shell of the damaged saffron corms and a quill that is left behind by the porcupines following a nocturnal attack on his field.

Loss of forest cover in Kashmir is pitting a protected animal against the world’s costliest spice

Abrar Mattoo 23 Nov 2023

[Commentary] Amendments in the Forest Conservation Act enable community-led recognition of forests

Gautam Aredath 23 Nov 2023

Including indigenous perspectives for equitable forest management

Arathi Menon 27 Oct 2023
Trees in Delhi

Delhi to expand tree adoption policy, citizens push for tree census first

Kundan Pandey 13 Oct 2023
Pallas's cat captured by a camera trap. Photo by Forest, Ecology & Environment Department, Ladakh

Pallas’s cat’s sightings become more common in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 9 Oct 2023

With no primary data on impacts, government approves an oil extraction technique 500 m outside forests

Simrin Sirur 28 Sep 2023
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023

Declining bird populations are a ‘grim’ reminder of rapid biodiversity loss, says new report

Simrin Sirur 29 Aug 2023