As problems affecting the future of the planet become more complex, their solutions need to be vigorously reimagined. The requirement for innovative solutions is particularly acute right now in Brazi...

An NGO based in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Saturday alleged that illegal felling of over 10,000 trees was one of the reasons for this year’s floods.Devajit Moran, secretary of Green Bud So...

Several mature trees — some of them more than seven decades old — have been felled to widen a stretch of Shastrinagar Main Road in Kadma, causing resentment among environmentalists.The 3km artery ...

Sir — It is disheartening that the population of whale sharks in the Indo-Pacific region has declined by 63 per cent in 75 years. This alarming fall bears testimony to the all-round degradation of t...

Assam Snake Rescue Network’s Tinsukia district convener Devajit Moran on Thursday said the number of snake bite cases is increasing in the state because of deforestation, incessant rain and sudden r...

Bad times have their own dream sequence. All that wildlife pouring onto city streets in a steady stream. The Arabian Sea flushed pink from thousands of flamingoes. Sometime in early March, the people ...

A group of youths on Sunday protested here against the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC)’s decision to cut down trees in the heart of the city in the name of Agartala Smart City Development proje...

City residents formed a human chain along the Brahmaputra riverfront in Machkhowa on Sunday with an appeal to save it from the new bridge coming up over the river. The proposed 1.6km bridge will reduc...

Remember the outrage recently when the Supreme Court stepped in after thousands of trees were cut in Arey, a suburb of Mumbai, for the Metro rail project? Now sample this: The Jharkhand forest departm...

A parliamentary committee has asked the Centre and the governments in the northeastern states to look into factors responsible for the decline in forest cover in the region and take all necessary step...