Page 2 - India’s Forests
Decades of data show we are over-exploiting tropical rainforests
It is estimated that 400 million hectares of these forests are currently given over to timber production
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The real oximeter
The oxygen that we get from nature is about increasing green cover and ensuring that our air - our every breath - is not polluted.
Up in smoke: Uttarakhand looks to the clouds, forest fires rage on
In the last 2 or 3 days, forest fires have broken out with seething frenzy in many areas of the hill state, and are threatening to destroy the rich plant and animal wealth of the Himalayan region
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India lost 14% tree cover amid Covid, rainforest destruction up 12% in 2020
The resulting carbon emissions from this primary forest loss (2.64 Gt CO2) are equivalent to the annual emissions of 570 million cars
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Focusing on woods and trees
Book review of Reliving the Memories of an Indian Forester: Memoir of S Shyam Sunder
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Repeated amendments to land diversion laws threatening forests, people
There are no guidelines for what kinds of forests should be nurtured on land taken up for compensatory afforestation
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Procedure for forest clearance subverted, turned farcical, says report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced in June that 41 new coal blocks would be opened for auction to the private sector
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NGT expresses concern over mowing down of forest home guard in Sariska
The National Green Tribunal Tuesday directed the Centre and the Rajasthan government to ensure ban on the excavation of minor minerals.
How India performed in managing forests, water and plastic waste in 2019
PM Modi on many occasions in 2019 announced plans to rid the country of single-use plastic by 2022
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Nature, conversation, economy: A book chronicles India's balancing act
A rare set of essays examines how conservation systems crafted in an era of state dominance can work better in a time of private enterprise, civic action and science
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Threat of forced eviction of tribals and forest-dwellers still looms large
Eviction of a few lakh families, instead of millions, is not an option the government should be willing to argue before the SC
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India's forests: Whose land is it anyway?
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill was passed by Parliament amid intense debate over how best India can conserve its forests
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