Centre clears private commercial plantations in forest areas under revised guidelines, experts caution against ecological damage.

In a move that further weakens India’s forest conservation laws, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change ...

Centre amends forest rules to exempt private plantations from NPV and compensatory afforestation, triggering concerns over privatisation and ecological safeguards.

In a post on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the Centre of opening the door for the privatisation of forest ...

NGOs in Indonesia have documented widespread environmental and social violations across 33 industrial tree plantations since 2023, including deforestation, peatland destruction, fires, and land ...

Having “islands” of trees peppered across oil palm plantations can boost the biodiversity of the landscape while maintaining crop yields, a new study shows. Researchers found that biodiversity and ...

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