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Human rights violations against forest-dependent, marginalized and tribal communities because of the creation of protected areas and national parks will come up for intense deliberations at a

The country's forest cover has shrunk by a third in the last 15 years due to illegal logging, slash-and-burn farming methods and felling of trees to make way for plantation crops, according to

The Brazilian government has launched a campaign to monitor illegal logging and fires that are destroying the Amazonian rainforests. The govern

following the "dioxin in food' scare in the country, the Belgium government has confirmed its plans to withdraw and destroy pork products with more than 20 per cent fat content held in

a last-minute gift of us $1.5 million from an anonymous donor helped a Washington State Conservation Group meet its deadline for raising us $13.1 million to save a patch of

to check timber smuggling in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government has launched a drive to retrieve forest area in the state. M Ramzan, the state environment and forest minister, has said that

Goa may be the first state to protect its entire stretch of forests in the Western Ghats region, but only if the present governemnt abides by a recent notification which prominent politicians and

european union ( eu ) environment ministers moved closer to a moratorium on entry of new genetically modified organisms ( gmo s) in the market, at least until new rules can be

The Kerala Government will soon impose a total ban on the possession and distillation of sandalwood in the State. According to highly-placed sources in the Law Department, finishing touches are being

The Indian Railway have launched an afforestation drive on its vacant land throughout the country for improving environment, official sources said her on Thursday.They said the Railway planted 101

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