Strict action will be taken against power plants and sponge units if they fail to adhere to pollution norms and take adequate precautionary measures, said Forest and Environment Principal Secretary

The forest department plans to sow over 1,00,000 medicinal plants in Kolhapur district in 2014.

Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said forest coverage in the country has increased to 13.2 percent from 9.5 because of massive forestation programme implemented during tenure of the

The award would be handed over at a function in Berlin on March 31

The Union Power and Coal Ministries have opposed a move by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to increase the compensation given for forest land diverted for construction and mining by

BHOPAL: The state government has raised strong objections over latest report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) indicting forest department for overlooking compensatory afforestation.

Maharashtra has lost a staggering 2,116 sq km of forest area or an equivalent of three Tadoba forest reserves in the span of two decades, reveals a report tracking climate change in India released

Ahmedabad: Bamboo farming has changed the landscape of a village situated on the banks of River Mahor in Kheda district.