Forest

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Reserve Forests Are Important, but Over 3 Lakh Hectares Are Being Encroached

Aathira Perinchery 06/02/2022

These forests support a range of biodiversity and local...

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Bird’s Eye View of India’s Forests Misses Budding Crisis of Small-Scale Changes

Ghazala Shahabuddin 10/12/2020

While reports by Forest Survey of India indicate a...

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Why Is the Chhattisgarh Government Flip-Flopping on Forest Rights?

Saurabh Sharma 22/08/2020

In May 2020, the government had made the state...

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When Tree Planting Actually Damages Ecosystems

Kate Parr and Caroline Lehmann 04/08/2019

Ecological literacy is needed to guide global tree planting...

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The Story of India’s Private Forests

Manu Moudgil 21/07/2019

India has lost over 1.6 million hectares of tree...

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The Panchayats Meant to Protect Uttarakhand’s Forests Are Under Threat

Isha Naaz and Geetanjoy Sahu 19/07/2018

Dilution of powers and a lack of funds have...

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A Professor’s Mission to Question, Examine and Improve Forest Management

Aashima Dogra 14/02/2018

Prof. Rekha Singhal, a senior faculty member at IIFM Bhopal,...