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Forests

  • Forest fire in Goodrickal range

    A vast area of evergreen forest has already been destroyed and more area is under the threat of destruction in the forest fire in the eighth block of Vilakku plantation in Goodrickal forest range in

  • President asks people to plant trees

    Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has asked the citizens to plant maximum number of trees on the occasion of spring tree plantation campaign 2003. In a message on the occasion of the

  • Centre's help sought on saw mills' issue

    The Rajasthan Government has sought the support of the Ministry for Environment and Forests for getting licenses for 4000 odd unregistered saw mills in the State from the Central Empowered Committee.

  • NGO to save drying Asiad Village trees

    Trees, which have their base concretized, in the Asiad Village complex are dying slow death. A local environment group, Vatavaran, has taken upon itself the task to save these trees. Vatavaran's head

  • Drive against timber smugglers

    The Forest Protection Force, Jammu has launched a vigorous drive against timber smugglers to protect the green wealth of the state.As a result, the department seized 33 quintals of firewood, 17 logs

  • Managed forests double in four years

    The forest area under joint management of government and local communities has doubled from 7 million hectares in 1998 to 14 million hectares in 2002. This was stated by Union Minister for

  • Timber gutted in Rajkot

    Timber worth Rs 17 lakh was gutted in Rajkot (Gujarat). Ten members of a family, living on the top floor of the mart which stored the wood, had a miraculous escape after they jumped to safety in the

  • Panel to look into forest encroachment

    The Karnataka State Cabinet today decided to constitute a Cabinet sub-committee to identify persons who have encroached upon forest land of various categories, and also work out an action plan that

  • City forests to be developed

    Lucknow city forests will be developed under the housing schemes being run by the Housing and Development Board and development authorities in Uttar Pradesh. Secretary, Housing and Urban Planning,

  • Need for balance

    The need for a balanced approach on the part of the cabinet sub-committee formed to identify the encroachment of forests by various categories of people and formulate an action plan can seldom be

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