It is estimated that around 8,000 years ago, more than six billion hectares (around 40 per cent) of the

Ban on harvesting of timber may not solve the problem of deforestation in Pakistan s North West Frontier Province

A UN Forum on Forests has been established by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The forum has been set up to promote the management and conservation of all types of forests. It also

Everybody’s a loser. Forest guards die for laws that cannot be defended. Poor people get exploited. Veerappan rules the jungle. Sandalwood trees disappear

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Monks in Thailand have started a unique campaign to save threatened trees. At least 100 monks living in rural areas are trying to preserve the forests of the country. This is being done in the wake

A new report says that USA s demand for mahogany is threatening rainforests

The new forest report claims that forest cover in India has increased

The local communities have done a good job in regenerating degraded forest lands

Unless governments force paper companies to invest in cleaner technologies, encourage the manufacture of recycled paper and allow plantations only on lands that are

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