The total area of 9,400 sq.km. of forest cover in the State needs to be expanded to at least 20,000 sq. km .

The importance of forests has to be acknowledged as these areas are the major repositories of biodiversity. The flora and fauna are valuable for carbon sequestration and oxygen replenishment. Loss of rare, endangered and threatened species is the most important issue of today.

When the Union environment ministry gave the GMR Group its go-ahead to the Alaknanda hydroelectric project in Uttarakhand three weeks ago, it invited suspicion from non-profit organisations about a

Concerned over the fast-depleting reserves of the chilgoza pine forests the government has decided to formulate a 10-year action for the conservation, regeneration and sustainable management of the

JAMMU: Minister for Forest and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad today said that 685 hectares of forest land in Rajouri district would be fenced in a phased manner while as ` 1.85 crore have been earmar

After a series of reports by TOI on the need to protect the ecofragile Mangar area and adjoining forests in the Aravalis in Faridabad, the district administration has sent a detailed report to the

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region fell to its lowest in 23 years in the year through July, the government said Monday, attributing the drop to its tougher stance against illegal logging.

R&B Dept not allowed to carry out construction work by forest officials

Though senior officials of the Forest Department and the Wildlife Protection Department feign ignorance, construction work on a concrete motorable road in the Mahamaya forest area, on the outskirts