Tag: DEFORESTATION
Sikkim’s urban sacred groves mitigate double the carbon compared to a natural rural forest
A quality unique to Sikkim has been the role played by its religious and cultural institutions in the preservation of forests, these forests also help fight the impact of climate change and mitigate environmental degradation to a large extent.
“Apathy Towards Protection of Forests Will Prove Very Costly”, Warn Former Officials
Given the centrality of forests to the ecological balance, senior officials warn that an attitude of apathy may cost us dearly.
Manipur Loses Forest Due to Poppy Cultivation, Unrestrained Community Control
Manipur blames its rapid decline in forest cover to community control over forest areas and the lack of government infrastructure to curb the problem.
Vidharbha to Uttarakhand: Lessons from Enhanced Human-Tiger Conflict
DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY/ The unprecedented scale of development has led to an accentuation in the number of human-tiger conflicts in the recent years impacting regions like Maharashtra’s Wardha and Vidharbha severely.
The Most Crucial Tasks are Often the Most Neglected Ones
Environmental degradation and the lack of large scale mobilizations to check its devastating impacts have brought before us an unprecedented challenge. It is reinforced by the paradox that many other insignificant matters do not allow serious action on an issue as grave and serious as this, can we think of an alternative that is beyond rhetoric?
SAVE THE HIMALAYAS / CHAPTER ONE
SAVE THE HIMALAYAS / CHAPTER ONE
A Film by The New Leam
Hydroelectric projects, construction of massive dams, development of roads and many other infrastructural and real...
