Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahid Ullah Khan, has assured all provincial forest departments of all-out support in every possible form for increasing area under forest in the cou

A toolkit developed by leading plantation companies and NGOs including Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and Unilever has been launched to help companies end deforestation in their supply chains.

The West Papuan provincial administration is preparing a regional bylaw to designate West Papua a conservation province, an official said Monday.

Norms for project: Forest Department officials say clearance under the Forest Conservation Act and approval of the National Board for Wildlife must be obtained before the Mekedatu dam project is se

Hundreds of projects like hospitals await forest clearance

As part of its effort to improve the ease of doing business and ensure predictable and expeditious forest clearances, the environment ministry will discuss changes to the Forest Rights Act with sta

SHILLONG: The nine cement companies in East Jaintia Hills, which have violated the Forest Conservation Act, will be allowed to acquire land as per the proposed Land Acquisition Act for afforestatio

In an attempt to bring people closer to forests in Uttarakhand, the Harish Rawat government in last one year did try to involve them in environment conservation with its Chief Minister’s flagship H