THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forest Minister Binoy Viswam has said that the LDF Government had succeeded in checking sandalwood theft from Marayur forest range. At present there are 58,418 sandal trees in this forest range and steps have been taken to monitor the situation on a day-to-day basis, he said while speaking to reporters here on Tuesday.

KOHIMA, Dec 24: Forest Department officials have seized huge quantity of red sandalwood from a truck bound for Manipur. Official sources here today said the Forest officials stopped a truck at the New Field Check Gate at Dimapur last night, which was coming from Kolkata, loaded with tonnes of barbed wire, and the red Sandalwood (Pterocorpus Santelinus) was hidden under the barbed wires.

ADILABAD, Dec. 21: The demand for setting up forest stations on the lines of police station in complicated forest sections such as Dedra, Voipet and Sirichelma is gaining ground to control teakwood smuggling and the felling of trees, both of which are rampant in the district.

Adilabad, Dec. 20: A forest beat officer S. Manthya Naik 's sacrifice to protect the forest from professional teak wood smugglers Multanis went unnoticed, amid the the excitement created by the climate change conference in Copenhagen preventing various kinds of emissions which affects climate, worldwide.

KOHIMA, Dec 10: With the use of bamboo gaining prominence in the State, it appears the Nagaland Government is looking for more and better ways to exploit one of its richest resources.