U.S. winemakers are relieved as cork, vital for their industry, is exempt from tariffs due to a U.S.-EU trade agreement recognising it as a...

To boost agroforestry and double farmers' income, the Centre has introduced model rules for tree felling on agricultural land. These rules ...

Wolves have made a strong comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts, but their resurgence has sparked conflicts with farmers worrie...

The annual BRICS summit will happen from October 22-24 in Kazan, Russia. Economic cooperation, integrating payment systems, and carbon unit...

Wildfires in Greece have intensified, destroying vast forest areas around Athens. The government plans to replant trees, but experts debate...

Brazil alone removed enough woodland since 1992 to counteract all the growth in China, the EU and US put together.

At last week's launch, it was the titanium frame for Apple's top-end phones, which replaced steel. Titanium is 100% recyclable. But, then, ...

The African nations, home to most of the world's cocoa, now wants more compensation for their impoverished farmers.

A radical and hastened approach towards going green and clean may not work – especially when it is the question of livelihoods. Can a group...

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has moved closer to becoming German chancellor after agreeing on a coalition deal that aims to modernise Europe...

Illegal clearance for commercial agriculture was behind the loss of 4.5 mn hectares of forest.

BP last year put $5 million into Finite Carbon, a company that connects forestry owners with companies seeking to offset their climate-warm...

ITC, Bharti Airtel and HDFC contributed over 200 points to Sensex's rise.

Low-hanging fruit’ is a cliche used to describe tasks that are easily achieved — whoever coined it hasn’t savoured the Dussehri mango.

Faced with shortage of funds, the government on Tuesday called upon private firms to go the extra mile to increase forest cover so that an ...

The government has come out with guidelines allowing public private partnership to encourage afforestation and revive degraded forest in th...

The second phase of the JNNURM will focus more on issues such as urban capacity building and planning at local levels, Maira said.