<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Assam: PCCF MK Yadava accused of illegally clearing protected forest for Commando Battalion" appearing in the Northeast
The Bandipur National Park, which is a project tiger reserve, will remain closed for visitors from March 11. In view of forest fires in the neighbouring Madhumalai forest sanctuary and some stray
The Nature Conservation Guild has alleged that the lack of proper planning and preparation of the local forest officials has been the cause of the spread of the forest fires in Karnataka. Urging the
Greenpeace has taken the government to court in a bid to force it to seize a cargo of Amazonian mahogany which it says has been imported illegally. The 811-cubic-metre cargo aboard the ship MV Cunene
Minister of forests Ch Ayyanna Patrudu in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday said forests in an extent of seven lakh hectares would be developed with Rs 650 crore World Bank funds during the next five years.
The Himachal Pradesh Government's plan to carry out green fellings to raise additional revenue has run into rough weather with the Supreme Court making it clear that "silvicultural removals" would be
The much hyped tree plantation scheme launched under the Tarun Trivani Van Yogna with an aim to increase the area under green cover has become the latest casualty of this trend. The scheme has come
Lawmakers, Lal Bahadur Biswokarma and Urbadatta Panta who represent the far-western plain district of Kanchanpur, Nepal in the National Assembly, said that the wood smugglers have stolen valuable sal
The Chhattisgarh Government has drafted a project to protect the forests and sought Rs 50 crores as assistance from the Centre for its
Ecuador's Environment Ministry has temporarily suspended pipeline builder OCP Ecuador SA's license until it repairs damages near a protected forest, an official said this week. This Andean nation is
According to new forest policy local people would have the first claim, over the forest produce. Encroachments after 25 October 1, 1980 would not be shifted to other places. Special courts at
