CONCERNED over inordinate delays in according environmental approval to coal projects, the Prime Minister

KOKRAJHAR, May 25: The Deputy Chief of BTC Kampa Borgoyary, who is looking after the Forest and Tourism department, said that collective efforts from all sections of the society, NGOs and other organizations was the need of the hour to conserve the forest resources in the region.

KOKRAJHAR, May 24: Prominent NGOs in the State, working for conservation of forest and natural resources, have made an appeal on Sunday to come together and offer help to the concerned departments for conservation of forest. The NGOs also resolved to urge the civil administration to give utmost attention to the needs of protection and conservation of forest.

Shimla: Encouraged by the success of the four

MUMBAI: A team of senior forest officials and environmentalists were heckled, abused and threatened on Tuesday in the presence of police personnel when they went for an inspection of the Dahisar site where mangroves were being systematically destroyed over the past few weeks.

Replying to query of a mediaperson about the reason for his presence in Uttarakhand, Tarun Vijay said,

The World Bank (WB) will provide the government with non-lending technical assistance to help carry out various studies for conservation of the Sundarbans forest, the largest single mangrove ecosystem in the world.

The project will develop a programme that will integrate prioritised interventions to address the region's main conservation and development challenges like poverty reduction, climat

On Friday, the Supreme Court in its first hearing of the forest law violations in the Orissa mining scam asked the state government to file compliance report on the recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) within six weeks.

THE National Green Tribunal Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Bill allows for the setting up of specialised environment laws. There are at present 5,600 environment related cases pending in the courts.