Decision at high-level meeting today
The final decision on the issue of restoring the control of 1,180 hectares of precious urban forest in and around the town back to the local Municipal Corporation (MC) from the Forest Department is likely to be taken at a high-level meeting to be chaired by the Chief Secretary here tomorrow.

THE environment ministry has cancelled the mining lease of a Karnataka-based company, Janthakal Enterprises, nearly four years after it sought the ministry

The Uttarakhand Forest Department has drafted a new plan to tackle the menace of forest fires in the State, while at the same time, providing employment to the youth of the State.

According to the State principal chief conservator of Forests (PCCF) Dr RBS Rawat, the Forest Department will deploy one forest watchman in each Van Panchayat in Uttarakhand.

In a bid to cut response time to forest fires, the Forest Survey of India (FSI)

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The Central Government will grant Rs.5000 crore over the next five years to States towards better forest conservation, Union Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Friday.

GEER to host national-level workshop on mangrove conservation
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Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) will host a fiveday national-level training workshop on

New Delhi: The fragile ecosystem of Maharashtra's Western Ghats, a bio-diversity treasure trove,has come under severe pressure from unabated developmental activities leading to a loss of its forest cover over a period of 20 years since 1985, notes a recent study.

Several school students today joined hands to celebrate World Forestry Day and took out awareness rallies to educate masses about the increasing risks of deforestation.