Forest fiasco
Laos' forests may go for a six following the implementation of two forest-aid packages
Power crunch in paradise
Port Blair, port city of the Andamans, is in a developmental cul de sac
BRAZIL
The last frontier?
Blind carnage
VICTIMS OF WAR
LAOS
Forest officials suspended
Tree's a crowd
The loggers' chainsaws may not spell doom for tropical forest lands after all
Vanishing 'green'
Nature's fury
Law versus environment
ALLEGED DEED
INDIA
Unholy nexus
And you thought tissue was no issue
Deforestation driving malaria risk among vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa, finds study
Children living in deforested areas, particularly in poorer households, are at a higher risk of malaria
The Anthropocene: Looking back to move forward
2023 will be a significant year for humanity. Scientists will vote to define the Anthropocene as the new geological epoch
The struggle for environmental justice in Africa
Today, Africa is facing multiple ecological challenges. All of these have resulted from the actions of entities that have seen the continent as a …
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
There will be a serious increase in lawsuits against fossil fuel companies in the coming years
So far, around 1,500 climate-related lawsuits have been brought before courts around the world
Models aren’t a panacea for saving the environment: hard lessons from REDD+
Model-making leads to the potential for deforestation and improved livelihoods at scale to be sidestepped, while making it possible for …
Goa’s private forests, a last defence against global warming
The government needs to work on incentives for people to hold on to private forests rather than sell them
Technique developed in Kenya offers a refined way to map tree cover
A new approach to monitor changes to the earth's surface uses maps that consist of physical and human geographic data to explain what's changed
Forest-risk goods
Export-oriented commercial agriculture is the single largest driver of tropical deforestation, argues a new book