News snippets

Irula tribals put their skills to new uses

Institutional support helped rehabilitate the Irulas of Tamil Nadu after their traditional occupation of snake-catching was outlawed.

When the old gods died

From a wooded upland Jhabua became an example of extreme ecological degradation. The story of its recovery is remarkable

An initiative to revive native trees of Delhi

'I Love You Delhi' is a novel initiative, part of which is to revive the native tree species of Delhi. Sohail Madan explains the revival process

CAMPA funds unlocked

Sukhna lake survives

Pink Floyd goes green

Rockers strike an ecofriendly chord

SLURRY DISPOSAL

Single ministry to look after watershed programmes

Why states are against CAMPA

Fiscal federalism cramped by compensatory afforestation arrangements

Afforestation not so cool

Planting trees will not reduce global warming, says study

Funds for more forests

The Centre plans to set up a banking institution for afforestation programmes

A headmaster and his students save a forest

Pay and chop

Making the most of little plots of land

A Filipino research institute has blended agro-forestry and bio-intensive forming technicques to help small farmers produce more, without further …

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

‘Tandarust Punjab Mission’ a welcome move, but will it work?

Given the state government’s past record, one can’t but help feel skeptical

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

Delhi tree felling: Absent forest policy, absentee Tree Authority

Between 2014 and 2017, the government planted 28,12,000 trees against the target of 36, 57,000, leaving a shortfall of 845,000 trees

Budget 2020-21: Govt likely to set up a national ‘plantation corporation’

Experts express concern; say move against Constitution’s federal structure

Fire in the mountain

Acute fodder crisis behind forest fires in Himachal Pradesh

Cheap fix

The rush to make profits out of carbon-fixing engenders another kind of colonialism