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  • India moves up to ninth place globally in total forest area: UN agency report

    India moves up to ninth place globally in total forest area: UN agency report

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 23, 2025 · 04:37 pm
  • Research shows slope direction affects tree cover – this can shape conservation efforts

    Research shows slope direction affects tree cover – this can shape conservation efforts

    Nikhil Sreekandan
    · Apr 25, 2025 · 07:30 pm
  • India’s definition of forest under scanner as watchdog contradicts claim that green cover increased

    India’s definition of forest under scanner as watchdog contradicts claim that green cover increased

    Bhasker Tripathi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Sep 19, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • Land use, forest cover and migration: Study analyses the effects of the Konkan Railways

    Land use, forest cover and migration: Study analyses the effects of the Konkan Railways

    Simrin Sirur
    · Jan 13, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • Little evidence that carbon offsets reduce deforestation, emissions

    Little evidence that carbon offsets reduce deforestation, emissions

    Julia PG Jones, The Conversation Neal Hockley, The Conversation
    · Sep 03, 2023 · 10:00 pm
  • India’s centuries-long experiment with tree plantations should be a warning to all foresters

    India’s centuries-long experiment with tree plantations should be a warning to all foresters

    Dhanapal Govindarajulu, The Conversation
    · Aug 13, 2023 · 09:30 pm
  • In just two years, Indian forests the size of Nagaland were either chopped or thinned down

    In just two years, Indian forests the size of Nagaland were either chopped or thinned down

    Prudhviraj Rupavath
    · Feb 01, 2022 · 01:30 pm
  • Proposal to involve private sector in increasing India’s green cover has environmentalists worried

    Proposal to involve private sector in increasing India’s green cover has environmentalists worried

    Mayank Aggarwal
    · Dec 10, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • Hold the celebrations: Marginal increase in India’s forest cover is masking massive deforestation

    Hold the celebrations: Marginal increase in India’s forest cover is masking massive deforestation

    Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
    · Feb 15, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • India’s overall forest and tree cover increases by 1% since 2015, says report

    India’s overall forest and tree cover increases by 1% since 2015, says report

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 12, 2018 · 05:15 pm