The environment and forests ministry has proposed that special purpose vehicles be created in Union ministries to raise additional resources for tree plantations.The proposal is contained in the

The Gujarat Government has all but finalised the decision to sell the Baroda central Jail grounds, along with 7,000 trees."A few trees may be cut down in the green zone for contruction of roads and

Orissa's forest cover has shrunk by 1420 sq km in the last nine years brining down the total forest area from 59,555 sq km in 1990 to 58,135 sq km in 1999, according to official sources. Of the

A major culprit is the decline of forests, which covered 40 percent of Ethiopia a century ago. Today the figure is less than 4 percent. Deforestation has turned much fertile crop and pasture land

New forests in the Darien region of Panama are being planted, but not like those that once covered the Darien. Instead plantations of teak - a non-native species - are becoming a regular sight as

The Gujarat government has decided to probe the alleged large-scale felling of mangroves along the coast of Mundra in Kutch district. The assurance to investigate into the alleged felling of "lakhs

A choking smog from burning Indonesian rainforests has built up in South-East Asia, reviving the nightmare of the environmental disaster of two years ago. Residents in Singapore woke up on Friday to

Fusarium oxysporum and Ganoderma lucidum, two dreaded fungi, are responsible for the mysterious forest disease which has caused large-scale mortality of shisham trees in the mid-hill areas of

Always an awe-inspiring sight, the giant redwoods tht tower along with California coast are perhaps at their majestic best on foggy days, when these ancients, among the botanical wonders of the

The world over "sacred groves" are a means of conserving forests and biodiversity. These are today threatened with rapid degradation and modernisation.Urgent measures are needed to restore these