National conference on forest strategies for climate change

In a secluded part of Arunachal Pradesh, local community members have joined hands with WWF-India to usher in changes that would ensure sustainability for both nature and human beings. Remarkably, the pioneering effort

Vanishing sheesham and kikar trees have become Punjab

THANE: The remaining green cover in the city may soon vanish completely under the growing jungle of concrete, thanks to the inability of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) to preserve the trees.

While species losses mount worldwide, conservationists in Brazil have made great strides towards saving the golden lion tamarin and its forest habitat from destruction.

Despite court orders, Jahanpanah forest is yet to get boundary wall. Walkers say delay is helping encroachers
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NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

SHIMLA: As a sequel to the Shimla Declaration on various environmental issues, the Forest Department of Himachal Pradesh would be organising a national conference on forestry strategies under mitigation and adaptation of the impact of climate change in western Himalayan mountain States.

Projects in Madagascar could provide a model for stemming deforestation. But first these efforts must deal with the poverty and political upheaval that threaten forests, reports Anjali Nayar.

An emissions trading scheme gives forests a market value on the basis of how much carbon they sequester. It could help to control global warming

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