What India risks as its natural forests disappear
The final part of CarbonCopy’s 5-part Forest series. From water to wildlife, the costs of…
Forests
As COP30 rolls out a tropical forest fund, how are India’s natural forests doing?
Part 4 of CarbonCopy’s forest series finds that even as the Forest Survey of India…
How much Khair is India left with?
As kattha manufacturing winds down in Uttar Pradesh and picks up in Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal…
How India’s Pan Masala Boom is Stripping Its Forests
In the second part of CarbonCopy’s series on India’s native forests, we trace the illicit…
India’s Forests Are Shrinking in Plain Sight
CarbonCopy launches a new 4-part series on the state of India’s native forests, beginning in…
Disproportionate burden on Global South for forest plantations: Study
Wealthier countries have an abundance of available land, but have committed the least to forest…
Empowered local forest governance supports forest restoration: Study
Compared with external actors and government agencies, locals have detailed place and time-specific knowledge of…
Whose forest is it anyway?
Government afforestation schemes, which are often in direct conflict with rights of forest-dwellers, increase the…
The perils of taking forests for granted
The importance of ecosystem services is yet to be fully recognised by India’s policy makers…
The unflattering reality of India’s lofty plans for its forests
India’s forests represent one of the largest battlegrounds in climate change policy. While the Indian…