Forests News

RSS
612 stories

Jungle cats adapt to life on a farm

Shatabdi Chakrabarti 13 Jun 2023

Odisha villages claim their rights to use forest products and earn revenue from cashew

Aishwarya Mohanty 29 May 2023

Experts call for coexistence, sustainable development as tiger population is close to saturation

Saurabh Katkurwar 14 Apr 2023

[Interview] Scientist Ruth DeFries on deforestation: There isn’t one driver, there’s a different context in different places

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 7 Apr 2023

[Commentary] The underbelly of the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2023

C. R. Bijoy 7 Apr 2023
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in the town of Darjeeling, is the largest high-altitude zoo in India. The new Bill exempts 100 kilometres of forest along the international border from any legal protection. Photo by Syed Sajidul Islam

Legal protection of certain forest land to be removed as government pushes security projects

Kundan Pandey 6 Apr 2023

Habitat preservation in the Western Ghats can help enhance biodiversity in the hotspot

Archita Bhatta 17 Mar 2023

Mapping connectivity and human-elephant conflict in Karnataka

Sharada Balasubramanian 9 Mar 2023
A landscape under restoration at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by Saurab Babu.

[Commentary] A shared understanding of forest landscapes is the foundation for restoration

Saurab Babu, Aruneema Singh 28 Feb 2023
Lower Dibang Valley. The Etalin project has been controversial because it is planned in a biodiversity-rich area.

Denial of clearance to Etalin hydel project offers relief to some; may impact Arunachal’s hydropower development plan

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 21 Feb 2023
Crops raided by wild boars in Kaziranga. Photo by Nabarun Guha.

Farmers in Kaziranga demand timely, sufficient compensation for the crop raids by wildlife

Nabarun Guha 17 Feb 2023
Banner Image

India budgets for mangroves and wetlands

T. V. Padma 3 Feb 2023

Shielding hijol, a floodplain tree, from climate impacts

Roopak Goswami 24 Jan 2023

Passive restoration of Kashmir’s forests has improved soil structure and carbon sink

Amir Bin Rafi 13 Jan 2023
Loco Pilots allege negligence on implementation of safety measures around important elephant corridors. Photo from Northeast Frontier Railway.

Assam loco pilots on the need for effective communication to prevent elephant-rail collision

Barasha Das 9 Jan 2023
Dudhwa national park in Uttar Pradesh

Tharu tribal women of Dudhwa battle for their right to the forest

Tarun Kanti Bose 9 Jan 2023

Imprints: Digging up bones with Advait Jukar

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 6 Jan 2023
Image shows a forest canopy

[Interview] Forests in the sky: ATREE scientist Soubadra Devy on studying tree canopies in India

Geetha Iyer 21 Dec 2022
Image shows a room full of people at a conference

Nations adopt Global Biodiversity Framework amid concerns over watered-down targets

Sahana Ghosh, Latoya Abulu 20 Dec 2022

First dataset on tree-moss dwelling diatoms from Mizoram’s Blue Mountains

Sahana Ghosh 2 Dec 2022