Forests
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Centre directs states, UTs to expedite forest clearances for infrastructure projects
Scroll Staff
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1 crore trees – not 8.5 lakh – could be cut for Great Nicobar project, one ecologist estimates
Vaishnavi Rathore
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A new environment ministry rule may make clearances smoother, but raises fresh concerns
Vaishnavi Rathore
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A new book examines the gap between nature in the laboratory and diverse landscapes
Savyasaachi
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An environmental lawyer studies in this new book how Dalits are excluded from India’s forest laws
Arpitha Kodiveri
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India lost 2.3 million hectares of tree cover between 2001 and 2023: Report
Scroll Staff
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Fewer discussions, faster clearances: How India’s wildlife board changed after 2014
Vaishnavi Rathore
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Why states in the North East are opposing the new forest law
Rokibuz Zaman
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The dark clouds over India’s cheetah project
Vaishnavi Rathore
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Watch: Solar-powered robot can plant seeds and help with reforestation of the Amazon
Scroll Staff
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Can a safari park outside Delhi make up for a lost Nicobar forest?
Vaishnavi Rathore
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How one social entrepreneur and his organisation are helping communities revive degraded ecosystems
Ashoka
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How Delhi ate up its village commons
Vaishnavi Rathore
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Biologist Soubadra Devy is exploring a world hidden in the forest canopies of the Western Ghats
Geetha Iyer
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Caught on camera: Black panther climbs down tree, gives safari tourists a rare sighting in MP forest
Scroll Staff
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In Jharkhand villages, forest communities renew their pledge to protect trees with a ‘sacred thread’
Moushumi Basu, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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India at 75: What would our forests say about being the ecological property of the nation-state?
Maya Ratnam
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Karnataka plans to de-notify large tracts of forest land even as it sets ambitious green targets
Arathi Menon
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Battered by climate change, Central India’s forest products are disappearing
Mridula Chari
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How to cheat forest dwellers of their rights (and enable mining)
Ishan Kukreti