If one goes by a recent study, there will be no tropical jungles left in Mexico by 2059. The study shows that Mexico lost an average of 2.72 million acres of forests and jungles each year between

A unique festival epitomises efforts for conservation of Assam rainforests which have been lying in a state of neglect for decades

Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture is a sound ecological management strategy, provided it is sustainable

The Malaysian government has decided to revive the construction of the Bakun dam. Environmen

The Indonesian government has announced that it will allow more logging in large parts of the country's rainforest to give a boost to its devastated economy. This decision may prove to be fatal for

A new report says that USA s demand for mahogany is threatening rainforests

The forest fires of 1997 and 1998 created enormous ecological damage and human suffering and helped focus world attention on what is an increasing problem.

Environmentalists in Brazil won a major victory when a legislative proposal to open more areas to logging and harvesting was put on hold till March. If the Congress approved the bill, it would have

Survival is not easy for an endangered species of gibbons when its habitat is being destroyed, says Kashmira Kakati

Conservationists in Brazil come up with a model way to reduce the pressure on forests

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