From his lookout atop an 80- foot-tall tree, Gopal could see the forests in three states burning simultaneously last fortnight. Even though fires are not unusual at this time of year in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR)

ITANAGAR, March 16

Professor Bruno Messerli, together with the team at ICIMOD made a tangible proposal for the long-term preservation of Himalayan genetic heritage: to select four representative

Likely Unesco heritage status will generate funds for Meghalaya

K. Manikandan

TAMBARAM: The Forest Department has agreed to hand over a portion of land coming under Nanmangalam Reserve Forest Area to enable the Sembakkam town panchayat to provide cement concrete surface to an important road that has been in shambles for some decades now.

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GUWAHATI, Jan 21

George Monbiot

Shell may boast about tackling climate change, but companies always tend to sacrifice good intentions for hard cash.

Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve in central India is endowed with rich floristic diversity with numerous ethno-medicinal plants of economic significance. These plants used in traditional indigenous system of treatment for various ailments by the tribal and non-tribal residents of the area, form the backbone of medicines prescribed by local practitioners like Kabirajs, Pahans Vaidrajs etc.

This article presents an interesting case study on how projects, even science based projects are being conceived without any regard to ecology.

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