State (Assam) forest minister Nagen Sharma has ordered an inquiry into the allegations of timber smuggling by Army personnel despite the Supreme Court ban on felling of trees in the entire
Van Gujjars - the Muslim nomadic pastoral tribe residing in the proposed Rajaji National Park area during winters and migrate with their cattle to the higher Himalayan meadows during summers - have
Forest Minister D Manjunath today said the reports about the devastation caused by a recent fire in Nagarahole reserve forests were highly exaggereated and accused some of the non-governmental
For every tree cut, Delhi's forest department will extract a security deposit of Rs 100 from the axing agency to plant ten more trees. This includes the cost of fencing and tree-guards. Assistant
Public hearing has been made mandatory before granting clearance to forest projects involving more than 20 hectares of forest land. This has been done to introduce greater transparency in the
The community forest at Chhara village of Dhankuta municipality ward No. 4 in Nepal containing pine trees caught fire and caused damages worth about 500 thousand rupees, according to the chairman of
Four major paper companies said they intend to spend $60 million over five years to form a biotech joint venture to improve forestry health and productivity worldwide. The companies, Fletcher
Forest fires in drought-stricken north-central China were still out of control on Wednesday, with thousands of soldiers and civilians forced by water shortages to use shovels to beat back the flames.
A devastating fire continued to engulf more forests in the district, official sources said here on Tuesday. Forests of Ghat, Deval, Narain Bagra, Dasholi and Gairsain blocks in the district were
The provincial government of Lahore, Pakistan plans to bring over 2.5 million acre of land under forests during the next two years. This was stated by Forest Minister Malik Salim Iqbal while