Meghalaya hosts over 125 sacred forests, vital for environmental conservation, rooted in Indigenous religious beliefs and culture. These ancient groves have been protected for centuries, serving as ...

Ecological science is essential for understanding forests at a functional level, and The Forest Advocate supports ecological research in every way it can. In addition to advocating for conservation ...

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 and entrepreneur ...

Fortunately, a new conservation initiative in Nakpadjoak forest is already underway, providing the community with cooking gas tanks and planting and protecting new trees in an effort to restore the ...

Sacred forests and groves are primeval woodlands that different faith communities around the world have safeguarded for centuries as abodes of the spiritual or the divine. Thousands of sacred forests ...

When a logging company tried to force its way into a traditional forest in Daniel Karworo's hometown in rural Liberia, the machine got stuck in the mud and did not manage to cut down a single tree.

BCHARRE, Lebanon — Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the ...

Logging for firewood, charcoal and timber for construction almost wiped out the sacred forest of Titiyo in northern Togo. The degradation of the forest had a major impact on wildlife and the ...

Known as ‘Nature’s Own Museum’, this forest is one of the oldest and most famous sacred groves of Meghalaya, harbouring a diversity of flowering and medicinal plants, trees, mushrooms, birds and ...