Union Minister for Environment and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi at the Conference of State Forest Ministers, New Delhi
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Activists hold placards during a protest against proposed felling of more than two thousand trees for a metro car shed project in Aarey Colony in Mumbai
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An activist wearing a dress made of banana leaves stands next to a girl holding a placard during a protest against proposed felling of more than two thousand trees for a metro car...
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Activist shout slogans during a protest against proposed felling of more than two thousand trees for a metro car shed project in Aarey Colony in Mumbai.
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Citizens along with NGO 'Fridays For Future' held an awareness drive at Andheri station against cutting down 2185 trees of Aarey forest, in Mumbai
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Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar addresses a press conference of the COP 14 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP1...
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Wildfires burn in the Chquitania Forest on the outskirts of Robore, Bolivia. While some of the fires are burning in Bolivia's share of the Amazon, the largest blazes were in the Ch...
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Smoke rises from a rainforest in Altamira, Para state, Brazil. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that Latin America's Amazon countries will meet in September to discuss both ...
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A lush forest sits next to a field of charred trees in Vila Nova Samuel, Brazil. Lingering smoke in the Amazon caused concern among Brazilians who say that respiratory problems, pa...
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A river runs through Porto Velho in Brazil's Amazon. While many of the recorded fires this year were set in already deforested areas by people clearing land for cultivation or past...
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Wildfires burn in the Chiquitania Forest of Quitunuquina near Robore, Bolivia.
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A resident helps to put out a forest fire in the Chiquitania Forest of Quitunuquina near Robore, Bolivia. Bolivia has struggled to contain fires that swept through woods and fields...
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Smoke rises from a pine forest on the foothils of the Himalaya near Palampur, about 48 kilometers (30 miles) south of Dharmsala.
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Flames rise after a forest fire at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, in Bandipur.
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Flames rise after a forest fire at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, in Bandipur.
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A group of deer seen after a forest fire at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, in Bandipur.
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Silhouette of a bird seen against flames of a forest fire at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, in Bandipur.
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Flames rise after a forest fire at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, in Bandipur.
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An activist places flowers on a branches and trunks during a protest in front of the Colombia's Attorney General office in Bogota, Colombia. The protest was to denounce the defores...
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A pedestrian walks past branches and trunks in front of the Attorney General's Office, placed there by activists as a form of protest denouncing the deforestation of the Amazon rai...
Prakash Javadekar launched the Nagar Van or Urban Forests with 200 corporations and cities across India while urging people to actively participate and increase the tree cover in their areas.
As market forces gain strength, spiritual beliefs alone aren’t sufficient to protect the Mangar Bani from assaults by powerful commercial, political and religious interests.
Mixing music and nature may seem like the perfect cocktail of goodness, but it is time to take a hard look at the toxic consequences of music festivals in the forest
Driven by unfathomable poverty and need, the villagers living near the Sundarbans often illegally venture into the forests to fish and catch crabs, becoming easy prey for the big cats.
The pledge came after French President Emmanuel Macron, who is hosting the summit, said Sunday that world leaders had agreed to help the countries affected by the wildfires as soon as possible.
On Saturday, several helicopters along with police, military troops, firefighters and volunteers on the ground worked to extinguish fires in Bolivia's Chiquitanía region, where the woods are dry at this time of year.
Fanned by strong winds, the forest fire quickly spread through the mountainous area, incinerating 400 homes and 500 hectares of land, according to the government.
A disabled doctor fighting for wages, an interfaith couple marrying against parents’ wishes, two lovers fighting for what they wouldn’t have to fight for if they weren’t both male, a Kashmiri villager trying to save his forest home...these and more tales of people struggling for what should be theirs.
Karnataka's new Forest minister Anand Singh’s election affidavit lists 15 pending criminal cases—11 filed by the Karnataka Lokayukta under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act and the forest protection law, one case by the forest department and three by the CBI.
Rofikul Islam is a professional wildlife guard and much in demand for his amazing knowledge of birds and animals. Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is among his top clients
The vast Brazilian jungle in the lush Amazon rainforest is critical to the health of the planet. In the past 50 years, the forest has lost at least 17% of its expanse—wildfires being a major culprit
Tiger conservation is not about numbers. It seems to be a complex, uphill task, involving a multitude of stakeholders, requiring rigorous engagement and massive consensus building.
For one, the pilgrimage has become a billionaire enterprise that ravages the ecology -- feeding off a phenomenal surge of middle-class piety. Equally crucially, it also kills the real tradition of ritual openness and social flexibility.
Cases of arrest of Adivasis collecting forest produce for their livelihood abound in the area and they lived in constant fear of being dispossessed of their land. Now with the FRA’s legal force on their side, their struggle for their land continues.