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[Book review] Ancient giants make for great stories

Usha Rai 14 Nov 2024

Lesser adjutants thrive in a Jharkhand district, finds study

Vinaya Kurtkoti 24 Sep 2024

Kashmiri willow steps up to the crease and swings for recognition

Hirra Azmat 5 Jun 2024
Researchers measuring a tree in Panjim, Goa. Photo by Nandini Velho.

As cities become megacities, their lanes are losing green cover

Divya Kilikar 9 May 2024

Study finds potential to restore native shola trees under the shade of the exotic Acacia

Ashvita Anand 29 Feb 2024

Himalayan treelines might be climbing higher in response to climate change

Hirra Azmat 30 Jan 2024

[Commentary] The future of Delhi’s green spaces

Saurab Babu and 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

Adivasi honey harvesters demand forest control and criticise ‘unfriendly’ conservation measures

Max Martin 29 Nov 2022
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

[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
Image shows a herd of elephants walking through a paddy field in India

Fences of lemon trees keep elephants away from Assam farmers’ crops and homes

Kasturi Das 15 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

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

Sahana Ghosh 6 May 2022
India has multiple laws to govern its forests including the Forest Conservation Act 1980 which deals with the diversion of forests for non-forestry purposes. Photo by Paul Hamilton/Wikimedia Commons.

[Analysis] Developers should pay a higher Net Present Value for cutting forests

Mrinali K. 26 Apr 2022

[Commentary] Reorienting environmental concerns under CSR in India

Mohan Chandra Pargaien 28 Mar 2022
River Yamuna is often counted amongst the most polluted rivers in India. Photo by Paasikivi/Wikimedia Commons.

India proposes river rejuvenation through plantations

Mayank Aggarwal 18 Mar 2022