The National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR), a national network of over 50 reputed non-government organisations active in various parts of the country, has requested the Madhya

Forest cover in India is depleting rapidly, and if this continues, India will have very little land under forests left within a few decades, leading to ecological catastrophes. This was stated in a

Reports have come to light about incessant cutting of Sal forests in and around Maikal range of hills in Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh). This is affecting the environment of the

The UP government and the World Bank would do well to learn the rules of forest conservation from the army of Mahila Mangal Dals (MMDs) - the informal village women's groups-active in Doodhatoli

For the first time in 10 years, Bhutan Board Products Ltd. (BBPL) is in the red. The country's premier wood-based company incurred a net loss of Nu 8.45 million in the first six months this year, in

In spite of the rock concerts and razzmatazz, the Amazon rainforest is still being razed. But in one corner of Brazil an experiment in preservation is bringing hope that something can be saved : a

Mani : The Kerala Congress (M) leader and former Revenue Minister, Mr. K. M. Mani, said that the Kerala cabinet decision to dereserve 28,550 hectares of forest land for granting title deeds was only

The Karnataka High Court today reserved its judgment on a criminal petition filed by B L Diwakar, brother of former minister B al Shankar, seeking direction to quash the criminal proceedings against

The Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister, Mr Ratnesh Solomon, has been accused of being involved in illegal felling of timber trees on a large scale in his forest-rich home district, Damoh. The president

House hunters in the next millennium shouldn't be surprised if in place of the old, dark and heavy "junglee sag" door and window frames, you see soft, light pine ones. The Bureau of Indian Standards