The capital's forest and wildlife department may soon recruit 290 more frontline staff, including over 200 forest guards and 66 foresters, sanctioned by the finance and planning department.With are

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki yesterday said his administration would prosecute and punish those who encroach on the state’s forest reserves, especially the Ogba Zoological Garden.

India lost more than 57,000 sq km of jungles – an area larger than Himachal Pradesh - in forest fire in 2014, says India's first scientific estimation of forest fire losses.

While the eviction drive in Munnar has been in the spotlight for all the right reasons, the latest forest data shows that Palakkad has lost more forest land than in Munnar through encroachment.

JAMMU:Minister of State for Education, Technical Education, Culture, Tourism, Horticulture, Floriculture and Parks, Priya Sethi today called for greater participation of civil society, especially w

SHILLONG: The Greater Laban Community Development Society has approached the National Green Tribunal over encroachment on and pollution in the Critical Catchment Area in Lawsohtun.

NANJIRINJI A, Tanzania – Patches of scorched earth line the road on the 100-mile drive from the town of Kilwa Masoko to Nanjirinji A village in southeastern Tanzania.

BENGALURU: Karnataka government on Wednesday admitted that 765 hectares of the ecologically sensitive Kappatagudda forest were encroached upon by 639 individuals.