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40 New species

An expedition to a remote Indonesian jungle unravels a few of nature's longstanding mysteries

All about the environment

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Forest-risk goods

Export-oriented commercial agriculture is the single largest driver of tropical deforestation, argues a new book

Forest rights

Adivasis draft an alternative forest bill and a rehabilitation policy to safeguard India's forests

Windowdressing forestry

Applause and international funding of a forestry project greenwashes the cruel realities of the people living there

Turning out new leaves

Roots of Datia Directed by K Bikram Singh 30 mins English Format: Betacam Produced by East West Media Communications Pvt Ltd

Fringe benefits

Twilight zones between two habitats could lead to divergence of species and even originate new ones

A jungle out there!

Controversy dogged the issue of a forest convention at the meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development

One long yarn?

Recent studies say deforestation figures in west Africa have been exaggerated by Northern agencies

Unkindest cuts

Large-scale smuggling of timber from Nepal to Tibet threatens the pristine forests in the northern Himalaya

Rain drain

By leaching essential nutrients from top soil, acid rain threatens forests in more ways than previously thought

Sharp acceleration in forestland diversion

The period between 1999 and 2003 has seen a sudden spurt in the diversion of forestland for non-forestry purposes. A recent collation of data of …

Village Forest -- with Draft Rules Under Sec 28 of Indian Forest Act 1927

Millions of Indian villagers today act as guardians of forests, forming a mutually beneficial relationship, quite often without outside help. But …

Wild & fragile

The Western Ghats in the south of India have forests which are, for some plant species, their exclusive home on this earth. No wonder then, that …

Fuel for food

While energy consumption surveys have shown a very high level of firewood consumption, various forest departments have shown very low levels of …

जग बीती: आस्ट्रेलिया में आग बनाम सरकार

Simply Put: The forest firefighter

Simply put: 54,000 trees to be razed for bullet train project

Simply Put: Forest dwellers

‘Giving community rights to indigenous people will benefit nations, nature’

Environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim speaks to Down To Earth about how these communities are solution providers for issues surrounding …

10 interventions government must make to protect forest rights

BJP-led NDA has won 38 out of 48 reserved seats for Scheduled Tribes across the country, of which a majority is from forest-rich areas

Haryana discreetly consolidates acres of forest land in Kot

The villagers of Kot allege that Ramdev has illegally bought around 1,500 acres of the land for setting up a healthcare facility or a …

Natural History: World's oldest forest identified from fossils

Researchers classify an area in an abandoned sandstone quarry in Cairo, New York as the remains of the world's oldest forests