Green goals for 2024: A dual approach to environmental conservation
2024 marks a critical juncture in our collective journey towards environmental conservation
Kenya gets tree-planting holiday to plant 100 million seedlings
Kenya has plans to plant 15 billion trees in 10 years
The science of planting (and nurturing) trees
Why monsoon plantation programs can benefit from a more nuanced, evidence-based approach
This Tamil Nadu man turned 100 acres of barren land to an indigenous forest
D Saravanan dedicated 30 years of his life, sweat and dreams to what we today call Aranya Forest and Sanctuary
Ghana plants 5 million trees in one day
The government plans to make Green Ghana Day an annual event, with the target expanded to 100 million by 2024
Can agroforestry help achieve sustainable developmental goals?
The net carbon sequestered in agroforestry is 11.35 tonnes of carbon per ha
This new tool can drive India’s eco-restoration initiatives; here’s how
The tool helps the user in identifying species that match their restoration objectives
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 30, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Replanting trees can help prevent devastating landslides like the one in PNG — but it’s not a silver bullet
Landslides continue to increase for a few years after deforestation, indicating the decay of tree roots, decline and root strength and the …
Ireland has lost almost all of its native forests — here’s how to bring them back
Around 80% of the island of Ireland was once green
Tropical forests losing capacity to cycle carbon and water, finds new tracking system
Between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of humid tropical forests have been cleared since the early 1990s
International Day of Forests 2023: Why mass tree plantation drives are an unscientific approach
A holistic view is necessary where all intact natural ecosystems are secured and degraded ecosystems are functionally restored
Evaluating collaborative governance in Panchayat plantation programme in Odisha
Even after more than a year, the survival rate of seedlings in GPs is merely less than 1%
A study in green: Coaching centre in Bihar gives free classes to poor in exchange for saplings
The institute has helped plant 110,000 saplings since it was founded in 2008
Threat to African tropical grasslands by misguided tree planting, study warns
An area size of France threatened by forest restoration initiatives; tree planting widespread across non-forest systems
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 18, 2022)
Only 2.8% plantation target achieved under Green India Mission: Economic Survey
Only 0.14 million hectares land of the 5 million hectares target have been covered in 5 years
Missing forests: A third of recorded forest area not assessed in latest govt survey
India has a forest cover of 77.53 million ha. But recorded forests—the area under the forest department— with forest cover are only 51.…
Activists allege thousands of trees felled in Hasdeo for coal mining
The activity has already displaced elephants and impacting threatened biodiversity
NGT has imposed a fine of about 80,000 crore so far on states for not disposing of sewage and garbage
If this amount was to be deposited by the states, it would be 48% more than the CAMPA fund.
Plantations, invasive species... what all India counts as ‘forest’
Forest survey should move beyond measuring area to studying quality of forests, say experts
As told to Parliament: Over 1,000 groundwater units in India over-exploited
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Concerns raised over decimation of green cover in Cauvery basin: NGT issues notice to southern states
A recent report found green cover has declined to 15,345 sq km from 28,154 sq km over past 50 years
Gujarat bans plantation of Conocarpus trees citing environment, health hazard
The move came following years of campaigning by experts who pointed out that the plant is a water-guzzler, causes damage to human health
How MGNREGA is promoting climate-smart villages
The works include constructing percolation tanks, households living in the catchment area for construction of check dams, afforestation, contour&…
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