Full Coverage: Forests

29.11.2005 In the last 50 years IndiaÂ’s forests have decreased from 22 to eight per cent while our population has jumped to 1,000 million. The proposed Scheduled Tribes (Recognition of Land Rights) Bill 2005 could sound the death-knell of forests as well as the tribals. Professor Vikram Soni takes a close look at the bill and the plight of both - forests and tribals.

22.11.2005 Kimberly Clark, the makers of Andrex toilet tissue and Kleenex facial tissues, have been ranked bottom in a report assessing the impact tissue companies are having on the world's forests.

14.11.2005 New figures on global deforestation released today by the UN are a "global disgrace" and are "grossly misleading, inaccurate and understate the real extent of damage to forests", says a leading forest organisation.

08.11.2005 U.S. and EU imports of illegal Honduran wood increase poverty, fuel corruption and devastate forests and communities, according to an undercover investigation.

03.11.2005 After a year and a half of fighting against clearcutting for soy plantations, Argentinean celebrities--including soccer star Diego Maradona--and Greenpeace convinced the government to re-establish the Pizarro Reserve, protecting wildlife and the livlihoods of the indigenous Wichi people.