The Federation of Finnish Forest Industries said that carbon dioxide emissions of the industry's mills and own energy production in Finlandtotalled 6.1 million tonnes in 1998, up slightly on 1997.

The Madhya Pradesh Congress has held the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government responsible for destruciton of forests in Madhya pradesh. The party has alleged that the Union government had

The management of the Corbett tiger reserve is taking all precautions to prevent forest fires raging in the forests of Kumaon from causing any major damage to the flora and fauna of the

You'd think we'd learn. After all the fuss over the proposed Sungai Selangor Dam, after all the concern over running out of clean water because catchment areas are mismanaged, you'd think we'd know

Up to 1,000 people were left stranded inthe western province of Manitoba yesterday after forest and grass fires drove them from their homes on the weekend, a government spokeswoman said. "We have no

Fujitsu Ltd, a major Tokyo-based computer maker, plans to plant local varieties of trees on about 50 hectares of land near a production subsidiary in Vietnam, beginning in September. The project

A control room has been set upin the Chief Minister, Mr P K Dhumal's officer at Shimla to monitor forest firest and water shortage in the state. Addressing deputy commissioners and superintendents

Inadequate rainfall during last winter and early onset of summer this year have resulted in about 200 forest fires in Himachal Pradesh, threatening further erosion of land, denudation of forests and

The Himachal Pradesh Government has sought immediate financial assistance from the centre to tackle the alarming situation arising out of a spate of forest fires and shortage of water due to

Small farmers using slash-and-burn land clearing methods were blamedfor fires in Indonesia's western Riau Province which have heightened fears of new smog dangers. But officials offered a glimmer of