NAGPUR: In order to bring more transparency and accountability in the forest, environment and wildlife clearance process, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) is rolling

The order by principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi to stay felling of trees for linear projects in the country even if they were granted Stage I clearance has forced the state g

Nagpur: Though Maharashtra has become the first state to digitize the trial court orders and put it in public domain, a review of judgments delivered in the last six years shows that of the 147 cou

Even as the state forest department is happy with the marginal rise in tiger numbers from 169 in 2010 to 190 in 2014, are these numbers arrived at by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and Natio

Nagpur: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change seems to be engaged in giving a big push to projects falling within 10km of protected areas (PAs).

NAGPUR: The four-member high-powered committee set up by ministry of environment, forests & climate change (MoEFCC) to study the impact of Human dam project on tiger corridor and provide sugges

In a rare sighting, a king vulture, also known as red headed vulture, was sighted in Bor Tiger Reserve, 60km from here in Wardha district on Saturday.

With the anti-poaching squad attached to Nagpur Territorial Circle going completely defunct, there is a spurt in illegal trade of wild animals and birds listed in various Schedules of Wildlife Prot

NAGPUR: A week after the state government allowed forest land diversion of 148 hectares for Adani Power's thermal power plant expansion plans in Tiroda (Gondia district), the office of the principa

NAGPUR : The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has made seeking environment clearance for development projects within 10km from national parks and wildlife sanctuaries easier by approachin