SIVASAGAR: The very existence of Geleki Reserve Forest is on the verge of extinction as nearly 3,000 hectares out of the total 6,400 hectares of forest land is under encroachment of Nagaland.
The government is taking recourse to satellite mapping to save one of the largest mangrove forests along the Gorai creek.
Next week, a survey team from a Pune-based agency will visit the area to study about 10,000 encroachments, including shanties, which have cut deep into the forest that lies along the link road in Borivli.
The state forest department launched a drive against encroachments on its land and razed more than 25 commercial structures located near Mumbra-Shil Phata, in Thane, on Monday. The HC ordered the action. TNN
Says urgent action will be taken in Chinnakkanal to clear encroachment
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Sunday that the State could no more afford to allow encroachments on forests.
Hailakandi DFO under political fire for action
SILCHAR: Hailakandi district in the extreme south of Assam bordering Mizoram and Tripura was once known for its
Taungyas have lived in Uttar Pradesh for decades but law does not recognise them. They have hope from the Forest rights Act 2006 in getting legal identity, as it recognises the traditional rights of scheduled tribes and other forest-dwellers on forest land and resources.
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Saturday decided to take stern action against the encroachers of forest land in the capital city in the first phase in its effort to embark on a massive plantation programme to make the city eco-friendly under the Urban Tree Plantation Initiative.
It also imposed restrictions on felling of trees and cutting of branches in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation
The government will launch a drive to recover about 1,000 acres of khas land of Bhawal forest illegally grabbed by industrialists and individuals during the BNP-Jamaat regime.
The land ministry identified 93 industrialists and 54 individuals grabbing about 1,000 acres of forest worth about Tk 1,000 crore during the four-party alliance government, but the decision to recover the land remained sh
A crucial agreement for the mapping and monitoring of Murree Forests Division (MFD), highlighting encroachments on forest land, was signed between the Punjab Forest Department and World Wide Fund for Nature
