To save mangrove forests — the last of the untouched green spaces in the city — the mangrove cell has issued over 700 eviction notices to illegal structures inside the forests.
Amid lurking danger of further landslides by heavy rain across the Valley, earth science experts and geologists blame deforestation and illegal encroachment of forest land and streams for soil eros
Weeks after a farmer blocked a route, Gujarat forest department has reduced the number of permits for lion safaris in Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (GNPWS) at Sasan-Gir in Junagadh distr
Concerned over the reports of encroachment on the reserve forests posing a threat to the law and order situation in Assam, the Centre has sought a detailed report from the State Government on the i
In a rapidly changing landscape highly impacted by anthropogenic activities, the great apes are facing new challenges to coexist with humans. For chimpanzee communities inhabiting encroached territories, not bordered by rival conspecifics but by human agricultural fields, such boundaries are risky areas.
The Odisha High Court on Thursday asked forest and revenue officials of both the Central and State Governments to inquire into an alleged forestland grab by certain influential persons in Dharmasal
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ram Lakhan Singh Vs State of Jharkhand & Ors dated 14/10/2014 regarding deforestation and the encroachment of the government lands, Jharkhand.
