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The Supreme Court on Monday heard a plea concerning the failure of the Uttar Pradesh state authorities to replace invasive...

In a freewheeling interaction with TNIE on the sylvan KFRI campus in Peechi, he reflects on his journey, Kerala’s forests,...

Expert committee to assess impact of invasive alien species on biodiversity Invasive alien species like lantana camara, prosopis juliflora and...

A recent study published in Nature Sustainability warns that India’s natural ecosystems are increasingly threatened by invasive alien plants, resulting...

India’s battle against invasive plants has long been waged in pockets: a cleared hillside here, a weeded pond there. But...

Tamil Nadu is one of the very few states, which is having a dedicated policy for fighting invasives spread and...

Invasive alien plants are transforming India’s natural ecosystems at an accelerating pace and have nearly doubled their range in ecologically...

India’s ecosystems host a growing number of plants that did not originate here, but have adapted and spread rapidly. Many...

Conservation researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in India face a dilemma. As one scientist put it: should they wait to document...

The study reported that the damage from invasive plants and animals expanding into new ecosystems has cost society more than...

The pantropical weed species, native to tropical and sub-tropical regions of Central and South America, was introduced in India in...

Wild herbivores, and therefore carnivores too, are moving towards human habitats as Lantana-affected crops, on which they would have otherwise...