A deer, whose head was stuck in a net, was safely rescued by the forest department and released back into the wild. The incident took place in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, southern India, on5.

Every two years, the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) produced by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) is released with much fanfare by the government, each time showing an infinitesimal increase in ...

The India State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR) offers a mixed bag of insights into the state of the nation’s forests. On the surface, the report brings encouraging news: India has added 156.41 sq.

Winter forest fires in Kashmir have severe consequences for both the ecosystem and local communities. The loss of forest ...

Maintaining accurate maps is a daunting task in a country where road names and addresses are not standardized.

The green cover in India has absorbed more carbon than it emitted annually in the last decade, but the rate of sequestration declines during extreme climate events such as drought, a study has ...

Kendrapada: Around 40,507.56 hectares of forest land has been encroached upon in Odisha, said Kirti Vardhan Singh, minister of state for environment, forest and climate change in the Lok Sabha.

Gadchiroli reported 7,042 forest fires between November 2023 and June 2024, while Maharashtra on the whole ranked fifth in the country with 16,008 incidents recorded during this period, said the India ...

As the winter makes its way out, Odisha needs to be on the watch for the annual forest fire season. Flagged among the three states with the most fire incidences in the latest State of India Forest ...

As authorities issued an advisory in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to prepare for the looming risk of forest fires, data shows that in the past five fire seasons alone, India has reported a ...

What are the causes of the wildfires occurring in Southern California? How frequent are forest fires in India, and what are some of the contributing factors? What impacts do wildfires have? What ...