The lush coniferous forests and brisk mountin streams taht turn this remote valley in northeastern Indi into a picture perfent conderland every summer will soon be a memory thanks to unchecked tree

At least 132 stupas surrounded by 12 Buddhist monasteries, 35 megalith monuments and 82 rock shelters containing prehistoric rock paintings were unearthed last week in the ruins inside a forest at

The Haryana Forest Department has developed "tree clones" for the first time in the State, Minister of State for Fresh jagdish Yadav said her eon

Government departments usually pay no attention on the development of villages in forest areas as they feel this to be the responsibility of forest department but in fact this is the responsibility

Despite the Supreme Court slapping a ban on the removal and transport of tree from the forests, such a practice is still going on. The Court, by an interim order in 1996, stated that, "The felling of

Greenpeace said yesterday that Belgian timber industry officials had agreed to meet them to discuss logging practices in the central Africa nation of Cameroon. About 20 Greenpeace activists on Monday

Fires char Garhwal, Kumaon: According to the six-member Union forest and environment ministry team which visited the sites of the recent fires in the Garhwal and Kumaon regions, burning of pine

More than 4,000 youngsters from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were organized to plant pine trees along both banks of the Yellow river at weekends, said local sources. The effort is

SC tells govt to keep off survey: Investigation into the forest encroachment scam in Chikmagalur district has taken a fresh turn with the Supreme Court restraining the state government from

The first-ever regional conference aimed at tackling timber smuggling from Cambodia will be held in Phnom Penh next month, organisers said on yesterday. The June 14-16 meeting will bring together