<p>Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the matter of Yudhveer Singh Chauhan Vs Uttarakhand Forest Department & Others dated 09/05/2025.</p> <p>The matter related to a cold storage
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has agreed to fund a Rs 299 crore project on development of natural resources in the forest areas of
With the Centre finally rejecting as "illegal" the state's decision to exclude certain categories of wasteland from the notified forest areas, the politically influential beneficiaries of the
Till date, human intervention and pest attacks were blamed for the forest degradation of Orissa, but Cuttack-based Wildlife Society of Orissa has come out with a new logic. "Orissa's forests have
Congress grass and lantana are threatening vegetation in the forest areas of Shivaliks, besides acting as catalysts in case of forest fires. These weeds have reduced the grass cover for the cattle
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav, informed the Lok Sabha that there were 1,38,28,000 hectares of cultivable waste land in the country. Of this, 1,40,000 hectares were
Smoke from fires in tropical forests near coastal reefs can wipe out virtually all coral and fish for hundreds of kilometres (miles), according to research unveiled by Australian scientists.
A major fire suspected to have been created by careless proachers has destroyed over 500 acres of forest land at the Uda Walawe. Forest department officers said that fires are generally started by
President Bush urged Congress on the weekend to pass his plan to prevent catastrophic wildfires. Bush saw first hand this week how an Arizona wildfire turned a thriving forest into a blackened
The Punjab Forest Department has come under fire for ignoring violations on forest land along the Ambala-Shimla National Highway in the Patiala
Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has unerlined the need for growing trees and maintained that a plan for planting 24 crore saplings this year at various places in the state was being
