Governor Samroeng Punyopakorn yesterday said the imports would halt illegal logging in Thai forests. He expressed confidence there would be no recurrence of the Salween logging scandal involving

A small group of hill men, 10 Valayar families who had migrated to Attappadi Hills from Tamil Nadu side 45 years back and living in complete isolation at Sholayur forests, are facing

In the first half of this year China stepped up its nationwide afforestation project, with more than half of the annual target already achieved. By May 20, the country had afforested 2.835 million

Thai-Korean Veterans' Welfare Co, one of four Thai importers of Burmese logs, has inflated by a thousand-fold the volume of logs it wishes to import, in its application to the Forestry Department.

More than 20 kinds of plant diseases and insect pests are threatening large stretches of forest land in 11 cities and counties in Northwest China's Qinghai Province.The pest plague is so widespread

Tokyo Electric Power Co. is to participate in a large scale forestation project in New South Wales, Australia, according to company officials. The power utility, which accounts for some 7-8% of all

Customs and forestry officials plan to work more closely together in monitoring log movements in the North of Thailand in a bid to end illegal tree felling. The will cooperate in supervising the

What is happening to the forests of Kanchanpur (Nepal) present a compelling case for direct government intervention. The rate in which these forests are being depleted-more than one thousand hectares

Rapid deforestation in Mahendranagar (Nepal) has turned nearly 13,000 hectares of forest-covered zone into barren land within a span of 12 years, according to District Forest Office (DFO). According

Opposition UNIP Kikonge ward councillor Michael Mwaangala in Chavuma district has asked the Zambian government to come up with a clear forestry policy which would help curb careless cutting of trees.