Haryana will raise about 1.60 crore plants in 10,000 hectares as part of a forestry programme for which it has earmarked Rs 41 crores for the current financial

The Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister, Mr. Ratnesh Solomon, today came under a mild attack from the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in the Assembly as the MLAs alleged through a calling attention

The four Thai firms seeking approval to import logs from Burma cannot accept the conditions the Forestry Department has set for the granting of permits, an executive for one of the traders said

The name of Veerappan evokes images of dead elephants, cut trees and bloodied guns.Bizarre as it may sound but a recent scientific study has shown that the forest cover has actually increased in

Hundreds of encroachers backed by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland have been invading the reserve forests of Sonitpur district from various Bodo-dominated areas of Assam to settle, causing

A last-minute $1.5 million gift helped a Washington state conservation group meet a Tuesday deadline for raising $13.1 million to save a patch of state-owned forest from loggers'

"Operation Eye of the Tiger-India", a Dehra Dun-based NGO,is running a programme in the Corbett Tiger Reserve and its surronding areas to reduce the dependance of neighbouring villages on the forest.

BJP members today staged a dharna in the Legislative Assembly during zero hour protesting against the forcible eviction of 68 families of farmers from the forest land which they have been cultivating

Environment ministers from the Association of South-east Asian Nations meet in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday to discuss progress in action plans to combat the recurring haze problem, a statement

A comprehensive afforestation, eco-restoration and conservation programme focussing on wastelands, degraded forest area, mangroves and sacred groves(kavus) in the district is in the pipeline as the