It calls for transforming reclaimed land into a dense, native forest to tackle air pollution, improve green cover, and protect the coast from flooding and erosion.

According to the complaint, the land was developed into a social forest, with the planting of ... cautioning that the destruction of the green cover could increase the risk of flooding during ...

Ray, who would have turned 104 on May 2, reached the heart of receptive global audiences because of the sheer simplicity of his art ...

Growing up in a progressive, academic family — her mother a history teacher at Gurudas College and her father a professor of Mathematics at the Indian Statistical Institute ... I read the newspaper ...

On July 5 last year, Saha launched the state-level mass plantation drive with a target of “five lakh saplings in five minutes” to augment forest cover in the Northeast region, Debbarma said. Story ...

The ISFR is produced biennially and entails mapping the country’s forest cover with satellite data. — The ISFR uses data derived from wall-to-wall mapping of India’s forest cover using remote sensing ...

Collective efforts to protect forests have resulted in the arrest of five timber smugglers in India. Officials acting on a tip apprehended five people smuggling illegal timber under the cover of night ...

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Researchers have called out the Indonesian government’s claim of having reduced deforestation by 90% over the past decade, ...

“During the exchange of fire reported at around 10.30 a.m. on Monday, the Maoists have fled taking advantage of the thick forest cover. Later, the combing operation has been intensified”, said ...

The challenge is to find forests with both strong climate-growth relationships and trees over a century old — substantially ...

Discover how nearly two decades of satellite data—and the new Biomass mission—are helping scientists map forest carbon across ...