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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 state of India’s forests: Losing forests, gaining plantations

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Jan 2022

Scented Marayoor forests under the threat of declassification and spike disease

K.A. Shaji 14 Dec 2021
The project has generated livelihood opportunities for local communities. The daily wage rate being offered is Rs 306. Some 250 workers are now engaged and many have come from five km away. Photo by Abhishek Maitry

Durg forest division plans reforestation over 2,500 acres

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 26 Aug 2021
Wild buffalos, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. Photo by Gregoire Dubois/Flickr

Wild buffalo, Chhattisgarh’s state animal, is on the verge of extinction

Alok Prakash Putul 17 Jun 2021

Deforestation pushes elephants from Chhattisgarh to Madhya Pradesh, increasing conflict

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Sep 2020

[Commentary] A post-lockdown pathway for forest-edge communities of central India

Ruth DeFries 8 May 2020

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

T. V. Padma 1 Apr 2020

Relocation of tribal people living around Similipal Tiger Reserve forceful, claim locals

Pragati Prava 30 Mar 2020

POSCO repeat: Resistance brewing against JSW’s steel project in Odisha

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Mar 2020