DEFORESTATION

UN Biodiversity Summit: India to restore 26mn hectares of deforested land by 2030, says Prakash Javadekar

While addressing at the UN Biodiversity Summit on October 01, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar spoke about land-degradation. Ja...

PM's UNGA address will be truly significant as India enters Security Council: Ambassador Tirumurti

The annual session of the UN General Assembly begins on September 21 with the high-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the...

India provided leadership when some countries pushed aggression under garb of Covid

The remarks by India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti came while addressing the 3rd anniversary of the India-U...

Law and order situation grim in state: Nagaland Governor

"​​The constitutionally established state government is being challenged on a day to day basis by the armed gangs, who question the soverei...

India can access carbon credits worth USD 50-60 bn if propagates agroecology: Niti Aayog

​​ In India, there has been a long history of farming that is based on traditional and environment-friendly practices. The state of Sikkim ...

Extinction watch: Undone by fraud, deforestation

The forest owlet is small and stocky but preys on animals up to even twice its own size. . It is found in the shrinking forests of central ...

Indonesia plans to divert palm oil exports to India if EU cuts imports

The world’s largest producer of palm oil, is focusing big on exports to countries like India and China to overcome the likely setback it ma...

Google celebrates Children's Day with a 'Walking Tree' doodle by seven-year-old

This year’s theme of the competition was ‘When I grow up, I hope...'.

Assam, French Development Agency sign 50 million euro agreement to restore forest ecosystems

Today's signing marks the launch of the second phase of Assam Project for Forest and Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC), which aims to refor...

Mumbai's Aarey protests have rekindled the debate over India's forest cover

Protests over the axing of more than 2,000 trees in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony to build a Metro shed have rekindled the debate over India’s fore...

Amazon forest fires: Missing the forest for the trees

Emerging economies resist steeply reduced emissions norms on the grounds that the West didn’t have to contend with an environmental constra...

Too hot even for Churu: Rajasthan's desert district sizzles this summer

As almost always this season, it's a hot day in this desert district. But with just hours to go before his wedding, Akash Kumar seems to be...

Need infrastructure, but can't deforest our way to prosperity: Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh said very frequently, the proponents of big-ticket projects are the governments, centre or state, and not the private sector.

Brazil cuts deforestation emissions below 2020 targets

Brazil reduced its emission from deforestation in the Amazon rainforest by 610 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), compared to its 2020...