DEFORESTATION

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...

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.

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...

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...

Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Gene therapy and biotechnology can be used to tackle environmental issues like deforestation and air pollution, whi...

Organic food good for you, but not for planet

Organic food can result in much greater emissions as the yields per hectare are much lower, primarily because fertilisers are not used. To ...

69% deficit in northeast monsoon, city’s groundwater likely to plummet

The city received only 72 mm of rain in the October-November period, as against the excessive 202 mm during the same period last year.

Fourth draft issued on Western Ghats no-go zone post several failed attempts

The latest draft, issued by the environment ministry on October 3, is exactly the same what the Centre had proposed in the February 27, 201...

IIT kids help last rites go green with cow dung logs

The 'environment-friendly technique' also seeks to reduce deforestation by cutting down dependence on wood.