India shows how urban forests can help cool cities, as long as planners understand what nature and people need

For many years, I lived in the Indian city of Chennai, where the summer temperatures can reach up to 44° C. With a population ...
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India's forest cover reaches 25.17% of total geographical area, adds 1,445 square kilometre since 2021

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Not only India's total forest and tree cover has increased by 1,445 sq km since 2021, reaching 25.17 per cent of the total geographical area in 2023, but it also achieved an ...
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India’s grasslands show unique tree cover patterns

Tree cover across Indian savannas varies significantly, at odds with global patterns of low tree cover in grasslands 1.Theories suggest that forests have more tree cover than savannas, as forests ...

NHAI pushes for lifting tree-felling ban; HC says will safeguard green cover, infra needs

Punjab government, NHAI argued that ban imposed by court in December was stalling key infrastructure and commercial projects ...
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India’s latest forest cover report hints at countrywide degradation

The latest forest survey report from India suggests a slight increase in the country’s forest and tree cover in recent years. But experts say the net marginal gain masks considerable declines across ...
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Assam’s Forest Cover Shrinks as Its Government Flouts Indian Environmental Norms

Among the colossal failures of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in India’s northeastern state of Assam has been its inability, perhaps even unwillingness to halt the anti-environment ...

Indian cities are becoming heat islands as concrete, glass replace green cover and lakes

Over time, sustained high land surface temperature can turn heat events into prolonged crises, altering local climates and ecosystems. This unchecked land surface temperature rise has now become both ...