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Eucalyptus plantations (left) adjoining tea plantations (right) dotted with silver oak trees in the Anamalai hills, Western Ghats, India. Photo by T.R. Shankar Raman/Wikimedia Commons.

[Analysis] Indian forests around the size of Nagaland, thinned down in two years

Prudhviraj Rupavath 27 Jan 2022

The wayfaring musician of West Bengal, who protects the environment

Tazeen Qureshy 24 Jan 2022
Forest fires. Photo by by Anoushka Trivedi/ Wikimedia Commons

India’s draft on REDD+ safeguards needs a relook

Sahana Ghosh 15 Oct 2021

The home of Chipko movement, now epicentre of disasters and relocation challenges

Seema Sharma 5 Oct 2021

Yes, No or Maybe: Fate of Hasdeo Arand forest back in limbo

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Sep 2021

Iron ore mining in Chhattisgarh drives deforestation

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 1 Sep 2021
A seasonal nallah located near Bunder diamond block. The nallah will be diverted by constructing a dam to meet water requirements of the mining project. Photo by Aman Tiwari

Two lakh trees and water security at stake in Buxwaha’s Bunder diamond mining project

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Jun 2021

Andaman forests need longer intervals between repeat logging for recovery: study

Sahana Ghosh 1 Jun 2021

[Commentary] Landslides in the concrete jungle of Darjeeling

Shreyasi Choudhury 9 Apr 2021

Grassland burning, clearing imperils birds of Brahmaputra’s river islands

Chandrani Sinha 22 Feb 2021
Nectar plant and host plants are important for butterfly habitat. Sunflower, marigold, lantana, petunia, hibiscus are some common nectar plants in India. Photo- Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay

As butterfly parks come up for awareness, butterflies continue to lose habitat overall

Manish Chandra Mishra 25 Dec 2020

Deforestation pushes elephants from Chhattisgarh to Madhya Pradesh, increasing conflict

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Sep 2020

Deforestation and disease: How natural habitat destruction can fuel zoonotic diseases

T. V. Padma 1 Apr 2020

Orangutans go into starvation mode with forest fires in Indonesia, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Mar 2020

All forest fires may not be bad fires

Arathi Menon 25 Feb 2020

India has brought 9.8 million hectares of degraded land under restoration since 2011

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Sep 2018

[Interview] Inter-disciplinary research was lonely in the early years: Bawa

Sahana Ghosh 11 Jun 2018