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

Rampant tree felling in many sanctuaries in Kerala has once again caught the Forest Department napping. Under the cover of the monsoon which swept the higher altitudes of the State, hundreds of trees

Forest fires have seared more than 1million acres (400,000 hectares) across Alaska so far this summer, although cool rains have slowed the blazes in parts of the state's vast interior, officials

Indonesia's poorly managed forestry industry is being targeted by the Central government for major reforms, though environmentalists and other industry observers say a government crackdown is likely

The Tamil Nadu Green Movement(TNGM), has urged the Government to deploy armed personnel, in the forests of Gudalur, to keep at bay the encroachers, whose illegal occupation of the forest covered

experts : While predicting a major ecological disaster in Pakistan within the next decade, environmentalists and forests experts have said that a beginning has already been made with merciless

Officially there are nine reserve forests in Dhemaji district. But these have been virtually reduced to open fields and human habitations by the encroachers and corrupt officials.On one hand, legal

When the fence starts eating the field, the fate of the crop can well be predicted, goes a Bundelkhandi saying. Several environmentalists in the state believe the analogy could apply to Ratnesh