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[Commentary] Wildlife in Tillari valley at risk from land-use change

Narendra Patil 31 May 2021

The risks of tree plantation in grassland and non-forest areas

Shreya Dasgupta 25 May 2021

Eucalyptus plantations in Andhra Pradesh sway between economy and ecology

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Apr 2021

Indian government makes another attempt to amend the Indian Forest Act 1927

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Apr 2021

The hits and misses of a mine reclamation project in Jharkhand

Gurvinder Singh 1 Apr 2021
Gaddi herd of sheep and goats moving toward Bharmour from Chamba .Gaddi move their herds of sheep and goats toward Bharmour from lower ranges of plains in summer and vice versa.The Gaddis are a tribe living primarily in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir of Indian union.Their main profession is goat and sheep rearing. Photo by Harvinder Chandigarh/Wikimedia Commons.

Afforestation is making the livelihoods of Gaddi pastoralists in the Himalayas more vulnerable

Neha Jain 18 Dec 2020

The cost of urbanisation in Delhi

Manupriya 15 Dec 2020

Mumbai looks to Miyawaki to fast forward replenishing its depleting tree cover

Hepzi Anthony 9 Nov 2020
Flooded oil palm plantation. Image courtesy of Clara Zemp

Worsening floods in Indonesia’s Sumatra Island linked to oil palm plantations

Basten Gokkon 19 Oct 2020

Hydropower not a very ‘green’ solution in Himachal Pradesh, finds study

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Sep 2020

Natural, biodiverse forests more reliable at fighting climate change than plantations

Neha Jain 25 May 2020

Green cover of many Indian states rises but carbon stock declines

Kanchan Srivastava 29 Jan 2020

Government makes re-grassing of mined-out areas mandatory

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Jan 2020

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

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Jan 2020

India and other consumer countries should push for sustainable palm oil: report

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Dec 2019

Can humans and elephants cohabit in Kodagu?

Arathi Menon 25 Sep 2019

[Commentary] Is climate change the only reason for flooding in the Western Ghats?

Mrunmayee, D.V. Girish 27 Aug 2019

Private sector gets go ahead for assisting rehabilitation of degraded forests

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Jul 2019
Private-forest

A forest to my name

Manu Moudgil 19 Jul 2019

India’s plan to breathe easy is out, but targets are not legally binding

Mayank Aggarwal 14 Jan 2019