Mumbai, July 09 About 180.42 hectares of salt-pan lands around the prime locations of Dadar, Naigaum and part of the main city, have been declared as

Mumbai, July 8 The state government has notified over 3,000 hectares of mangroves in and around Mumbai as

The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has called upon the people of all sections of society to contribute their mite in protection and conservation of forests, which is the duty of each and everyone. In his message on the occasion of Van Mahotsav-2008, the Chief Minister said that in addition to planting saplings people should also help check illegal felling.

HOWRAGHAT, July 6: With the rest of the State the week-long Vanamohutsava organized by the Karbi Anglong Environment and Forest department is under way here. On the occasion, a function was held at Phulani where local MAC and EM for Environment and Forest Department, KAAC, Hemari Teron, local MLA and Asom parliamentary secretary, Bidyasing Engleng, KAAC EM for PHE, Art and Culture and Revenue department Sum Ronghang along with the all senior officials of the five Forest divisions took part.

the ninth meeting of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity concluded on May 30 in Bonn, Germany, with measures to protect ecosystems. The Conference of Parties (cop), the governing body of the convention, agreed on regulating the international biofuel sector. It also passed a moratorium on ocean fertilization