Prickly plans

Will those playing in MEF's new game be coopted?

Money does grow on trees

Nimalapedu Zero

Planting risk

Belgaum sponge iron plant disregards closure notices

What class do you need to travel business class?

Open amendment

A formality called EIA

Pay and chop

Wrong turn

Custodian violates forest rights

MoEF clears projects in forests without settling land rights of people  

Law made tough for noise makers

Will authorities enforce the rules?  

POSCO bags 1,174 ha forests

Villagers resist land acquisition for steel plant  

2010: choose your future today

India’s green cover has increased, but outside demarcated forests

Latest state of forests report shows increase of green cover by 5,871 sq km; most of the increase is owing to plantations

Invasive ‘aliens’

Lantana camara is growing unchecked in Western Ghats, threatening the biodiversity hot spot

Razing Aravalls (Video Special)

Residents of Harla ki Dhani in Rajasthan discuss effects of illegal mining in the Aravallis

Armageddon

The fires in the Amazon forest show no signs of abating. Lax environmental laws have added fuel to them

Fighting for survival

Shrinking habitat due to deforestation has forced elephants to enter human territory in Orissa's Keonjhar district

A tale of two peoples

Just as Brazil and Nigeria lie Geographically parallel to each other along the Atlantic, the fates of their seem sealed in a similar fashion. …

Shimla grey with smoke plumes as fires burn in forests near it

At 1,172, Himachal Pradesh has already witnessed the highest number of forest fires this season in the whole of India

Centre reveals forest records after 28 years; seven states miss deadline

Incomplete and vague information means deemed forests to lose “forest” status  

Timing matters: Why planting trees in April is unwise & thumb rules for successful plantation drives

Tree planting is considered the easiest and cheapest solution to mitigate climate change. However, its potential drawbacks need to be …

Sweden has vast ‘old growth’ forests – but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon

There is no direct monitoring of these forests, no thorough environmental impact assessments and most of the public don’t seem to be aware …

Simply Put: Forest Act revision

Simply Put: India’s forest guard