Battle over oil, coal & forests
No consensus on FRA review
Top forest officials and National Forest Rights Act Committee engage in a war of words
Biodiversity meet begins; India takes over presidency of CBD
CoP 11 will decide future course of action plans to meet Aichi Targets
Finally, a recovery programme for the neglected bustards
Will MoEF plan save the rare birds endemic to Indian grasslands?
Forest rights act under scrutiny
Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism
South Asian nations will now cooperate to save the vulture
Most rapid decline in vulture populations recorded in Asia
Fresh development plan for naxal-affected districts
Rural schemes to be more flexible; get more funds
MoEF's clearance must for mining minor minerals, too: Supreme Court
Forest bench expresses concern over environmental damage caused by stone and sand mining
T S R Subramanian panel proposes new law, institutions to fast track green clearances
High level committee formed by Modi government to review green laws proposes a new Act under which full-time expert bodies will be set up for …
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
Small sweet success
Farmers in the Western Ghats warm up to wonder fruit kokum after local organisations create a market for it
Most forest fires this year were in and around national parks, sanctuaries
About seven to eight incidents of big forest fires have been reported from across the country; fire that broke out on Nagaland’s Mount Japfu,…
Off to another bad start
A failed monsoon this year could mean sixth consecutive crop failure in most parts of the country. The government must immediately prepare a long-…
विश्व हाथी दिवस पर विशेष: क्यों दंतविहीन होते जा रहे हैं गजराज
वैज्ञानिकों और वन विभाग के अनुमान के मुताबिक, उत्तर-पूर्वी भारत में पाए जाने वाले हाथियों में 60 प्रतिशत दंतहीन हैं। वहीं दक्षिण भारत में इनकी ...
Bear finds place in nation's conservation programme
Jayanthi Natarajan releases action plan to conserve bear species at international conference on bear research and management in Delhi
Centre bans gutkha
Activists, health experts are sceptical; pin hope on Supreme Court’s verdict on smokeless tobacco
With 274 tiger deaths in four years, India records highest toll between two censuses
Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three years were reported outside tiger reserves
Commercial harvest of degraded forests on cards?
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar's statement that government is considering plan to harvest open forests goes against the policy of …
Rags to pads
Self-help groups making low-cost sanitary napkins are ready to supply them to rural India
Supreme Court orders removal of illegal residential colony from Corbett
Colony land, meant to be a temporary habitation, had been affecting movement of animals in the forest
Centre ignores certifying agency
Private players set up forest certification body even as the ministry, which manages 90 per cent of the forests, gives it a cold shoulder
Legal protection for wildlife corridors, soon: Jayanthi Natarajan
Several elephant habitats and forest corridors used by wildlife fall outside sanctuaries and parks
Fall of the paragon
Century-old teak plantation business loses ground in India because of poor management and short-sighted policies
Militants poaching rhinos in Kaziranga
247 accused arrested with high-end arms, but no poacher convicted for killing 149 rhinos in five years
India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411
Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand