SHILLONG, India — Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit. The community leader ...

Climate change caused forest cover in India to decrease dramatically from 2001-2018, shows a recent study from researchers at the University of Reading. With tropical and subtropical forests ...

IN a prefatory note to his monograph entitled “A Preliminary Survey of Forest Types in India and Burma”(Ind. For. Rec., N.S. 1, Ho. 1, Govt. Press, Delhi, 1936), Mr. H. G. Champion, sylviculturist at ...

India is a diverse land with extraordinary biodiversity and some unique ecosystems. The forests in India are some of the most enchanting areas, greatly embedded with history and vibrant wildlife ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Global assessments have shown that future climate change is likely to significantly impact forest ecosystems. The present study makes an ...

India's vast coastline, stretching over 7,500 kilometres, is home to some of the world's most important mangrove ecosystems.

India is home to some magical forests that glow in the dark. These glowing forests are a result of bioluminescence—a natural light produced by living organisms like fungi, algae, or insects. When the ...

THIRTY years ago the entomology of the forests of India and its study were still a closed book. Types of forest insects had found their way into the national museums and private collections in Europe, ...

There are many different types of forests with different types of trees. Learn more about a few types of forests and the trees that populate them. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

A Jaintia tribal man stands by a sprawling sacred forest in Jaintia Hills, a sparsely populated mountainous region of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Meghalaya is ...