The Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday raised the security deposit for cutting a tree from the existing Rs 1,000 to Rs 28,000 in order to increase the green cover.

FORESTS in Orissa have always been in the focus. Be it over increase in cover, mining or tribal rights. With the up-to-date forest maps not available yet, there is no scope to know what one actually deals with.

INSIGHTFUL: Chairman of Neem Foundation Ramesh C. Saxena, left, hands over the first copy of the abstract volume of the ICCCB-2010 to Ram Rajasekharan, Director, CIMAP, at the Bharathidasan University in Tiruchi on Tuesday.

New Delhi: Over one lakh trees in the heart of the Capital now have a tree ambulance to tend to them. The ambulance facility, launched by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), was inaugurated by chief minister Shiela Dikshit on Friday.

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) workshop on the subject of building resilience against climate change to ensure livelihood and food security in Uttarakhand began in Dehradun with a commitment by the State to help agriculture dependent communities in adapting to climate change.