VISAKHAPATNAM: A two-day state-level seminar on ‘Environmental Protection and Conservation’ with a special focus on the Easter Ghats came to and end on Sunday.

TNBS conducted the survey in the reserve forest and open areas

Major percentage ruled out as per FSI stand.

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

The Andhra Pradesh government is planning to adopt a disaster management system like the one prevailing in Odisha, which frequently faces floods and cyclones.

The stunning disclosure on undervaluation of bauxite deposits in Visakhapatnam by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in its latest report is bound to cast its shadow on the State governme

Plains on the east coast of India can be wealthy only if the Eastern Ghats remain healthy and it is the responsibility of the public to conserve the ecological niche provided by these mountains, op

The loss of forest area in the country has been a high six per cent between 1975 and 2005, according to a study by the city-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC).

A team of researchers from the University of Calicut has reported the discovery of a new subspecies of wild banana that could be developed as an ornamental plant for tropical gardens.

The plant Musa velutina subsp. markkuana was discovered from the forests of Arunachal Pradesh and is characterised by smooth skinned fruits, purple pseudostems, erect maroon-coloured inflorescence and pink fruit. It has been named after Markku Hakkinen, an international expert on wild banana, attached to the Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland.