Forest Cover Trends in India
India is set to embark on a new chapter in its Polar exploration journey with the construction of Maitri II. The Indian government plans to establish a new research station near the existing Maitri ba...
The Deep Ocean Mission (DOM), approved by the Government of India in 2021 under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), represents a strategic step in realizing Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14:...
China recently announced restrictions on the export of seven rare earth elements (REEs), soon after US President Donald Trump decided to impose tariffs. As the world's dominant supplier—responsible fo...
<p>The economic development of a society depends to a large extent on the judicious management of its natural resources, renewable as well as non-renewable. Among renewable resources, forest cover occ...
<p>Devotees on pilgrimage in the Vaishno Devi Yatra in Jammu & Kashmir were stranded after 25,000 pilgrims had registered for a trek at 3:30 pm on May 23rd, 2018 due to a forest fire in Trikuta Hi...
<p>Indigenous knowledge has great scientific value as it can be instrumental in efforts towards scientific raw data and also conservation. Such is the case of indigenous knowledge of Himalayan medicin...
<p>In February 2002, the Supreme Court of India passed an order prohibiting state governments and also tribals and other traditional forest dwellers from removing dead, dying trees and grasses and tre...
<p>The economic development of a society depends to a large extent on the judicious management of its natural resources, renewable as well as non-renewable. Among renewable resources, forest cover occupies a unique position owing to its role in maintaining ecological balance, environmental stability and sustainable economic development.</p>
<p>Devotees on pilgrimage in the Vaishno Devi Yatra in Jammu & Kashmir were stranded after 25,000 pilgrims had registered for a trek at 3:30 pm on May 23rd, 2018 due to a forest fire in Trikuta Hills.</p>
<p>Indigenous knowledge has great scientific value as it can be instrumental in efforts towards scientific raw data and also conservation. Such is the case of indigenous knowledge of Himalayan medicinal plants, which can be rooted in a culture’s heritage.</p>