Urban forests are difficult to plan and maintain because it competes for sparingly available land. How can we accommodate urban forests and also ensure development? This framework allows urban forests to be planned and developed in a growing city.
Maintaining urban forests is a costly proposition. Municipalities can use these 5 ways to finance urban forests in India and make it economically sustainable.
This is the Day when the world gathers to raise awareness about environmental degradation and the threats of climate change. However, even though we have been celebrating this day for years, the world is divided about what it — can and cannot do, should and should not do, […]
Ecosystems of the world provide a multitude of services to human society. Any benefit we derive from ecosystems comprise of these services. They are categorized under different names like provisioning services (photosynthesis, soil formation), supporting services (agriculture, timber and any other product that is natural derived), cultural services […]
Every year, the Earth has a certain limit to the natural resources it produces. This includes the oxygen it generates from plants and trees, the food it produces, the timber it can provide, the non-timber forest products we can gather, the life it can support. We, the advanced […]
The White Shark cafe is an extremely unique place. Sounds like a cool hang-out place doesn’t it? Well, it is. Quite literally. This isolated, sub-tropical region in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii is quite literally a cool water, hang out spot for one of the most […]
Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Parks are two of the most common forms of conservation and protection of wildlife. In India, there are 103 National Parks (with a few proposed) and 537 wildlife sanctuaries (source), out of a total of 733 protected areas. While both serve the purpose of […]
