Kailali, Aug. 7: Nearly 22,000 hectares of forest area has been encroached upon in Kailali district.

Environmentalists are concerned about the rising incidents of elephants raiding farms for food and other conflict situations with humans in Uttarakhand.

LARKANA: Over 12,000 acres of forest land in Larkana division could not be retrieved from encroachers despite a strong will and determination expressed by the provincial government and completion o

Miners And Quarry Lobby Eat Into Green Zones

India has no more than 3.3 lakh s land under real forests, less than number claimed by the Ministry ronment and Forest (MoEF) in th est survey released last week.

According to the ‘India State of Forest Report 2013’, 627 sq km of forest cover has decreased in the Northeastern States from 2011 to 2013

PUNE: The state has lost about 1,400 hectare (14sqkm) forest cover between 2011 and 2013 to encroachments, according to the latest 'India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2013' released by the Union m

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar released the biennial report “India State of Forest Report 2013” on Tuesday.

Country still has large swathes of contiguous forests accounting for 40% of the forest cover

The total area under forest cover now stands at 697,888 sq km of geographical area, an increase of almost 1% over 2011