KATHMANDU: The Environment Protection Committee of Parliament has decided to ask the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation about the status of utilisation of the forest development fund.

LARKANA/SUKKUR: Some 12,000 acres of forest land in Larkana district and over 5,000 acres in Sukkur district is under the occupation of unauthorised people and the forest department is unable to re

Thirteen countries with wild tiger populations agreed on Tuesday to take part in a global count to establish how many of the critically endangered big cats are left and improve policies to protect

Much to the relief of hundreds of people who use the Andheria Mod-Mahipalpur road daily to access Gurgaon and IGI airport, the public works department has received a go-ahead from the NGT to resume

HC orders government to clear KNP encroachments

The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) will roll out plans to expand forest areas within the next three months as part of its efforts to combat forest encroachment nationwide. 

The decision of the state pollution control board to bring down the distance between quarrying sites and residential areas to 50m (from 100m) will not only impact the health of people staying in th

In a major development, Japan has agreed to cooperate with Uttarakhand in improving the health of forests in the Himalayan state.

Navi Mumbai: Forest officials have put up a beat chowky and issued eviction notices to over 206 slum dwellers, who set up their homes on forest lands in Rabale.