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[Commentary] The future of Delhi’s green spaces

Saurab Babu, Aruneema Singh 8 Jan 2024

Alpine plants may alter height or leaf size to cope with early snow-melt conditions

T. V. Padma 4 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Erratic weather, altered social dynamics disrupt mahua economy in eastern India

Abhijit Dey, Joydeep Chakraborty 29 Nov 2023
Bright yellow flowers and thick green canopy make Senna attractive. Photo by P.A. Vinayan

Wayanad’s soured relationship with Senna

Arathi Menon 13 Nov 2023

As lightning kills 12 in a day, Odisha proposes large-scale palm tree plantations

Aishwarya Mohanty 17 Oct 2023
Trees in Delhi

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

Kundan Pandey 13 Oct 2023

Kerala’s dwindling mangroves need concerted effort in conservation

Arathi Menon 18 Jul 2023

A Haryana village opposes construction of government buildings to protect centuries-old trees

Sat Singh 27 Jun 2023
Intentional burning of jhum gone out of control at a forest adjacent to Phalee, during Phalee Luita, a seed sowing festival. Photo by Shemchon Awungshi, Phalee BMC.

[Commentary] Documenting the flora and fauna of Phalee to mitigate the impact of forest fires

Ng Ngashangva 7 Nov 2022

Coconut-based integrated farming could help sequester carbon, improve farm productivity: study

T. V. Padma 2 Nov 2022
Dahisar in north Mumbai. Photo by Saumitra Shinde/Mongabay.

Mumbai activists demand that the tree geo-tagging information be made public

Hepzi Anthony 20 Oct 2022
Sharavathi river bordered by forests on both sides. Photo by Sarangib/Pixabay.

Karnataka sets green goals but denotifies two-thirds of its forest land in plot twist

Arathi Menon 28 Jul 2022

[Commentary] Community collaboration in field research: Notes from Meghalaya

Bidyut Sarania 12 Jul 2022

[Explainer] Can planting trees mitigate climate change?

Anusha Krishnan 5 Jul 2022

[Explainer] The good, the bad, and the ugly side of forest fires

Anusha Krishnan 29 Jun 2022
Chilgoza trees in the forest area of Kinnaur district's Jangram Valley. Photo by Sumit Mahar, Himdhara Collective.

Kinnaur’s chilgoza pine trees make way for hydropower projects

Vivek Gupta 23 May 2022

India has high proportion of priority areas for tree conservation and restoration, says study

Carolyn Cowan 23 May 2022

Wrong trees in wrong places wastes tree plantation budget, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 6 May 2022

Plantation on a barren hillock in West Bengal stops erosion, attracts birds

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 8 Mar 2022

India’s climate mitigation potential in forests overestimated, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Feb 2022