Two international environmental groups called for a moratorium on new logging in Papua New Guinea, claiming the national forestry management plan had failed. Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for

Some people have started ruining the dhak trees (Khakra) from the very roots itself and using the skin of the roots of the tree for preparing ropes . The forest department has not imposed any

The Assocham wants the forest policy to be changed with a view to involve corporate and cooperative sectors as well NGOs to reclaim forest and non-forest wastelands and to increase the country's

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has held that tribal van Gujjars living in the proposed Rajaji National Park can not be coerced by forest authorities to leave their forest homes. The

The head of Thailand's Forestry Department has proposed giving concessions to companies to develop degraded forests, arguing it would stem encroachment and generate income for the state. Plodprasop

report : Large-scale felling of trees and encroachments have depleted the forest cover in the Jubbal and Kotkhai areas by an alarming 25 per cent over the past 30 years. This has been revealed in a

Chief Minister Digvijay Singh in his message on World Forestry Day on March 21 has called upon people to generate awareness among themselves towards forest reserves and its significance. He said

A full-gown green tree is worth about Rs 15 lakh. The oxygen provided in its life, if produced in a factory, could cost about Rs 2.5 lakh: an amount of Rs 5 lakh would be needed to cleanse

A total of 102 fires has destroyed 2,9530 acres of forests across Bhutan since January this year. With fires reported in 19 dzongkhags, it has cost the country an estimated Nu. 147.94

Developers of the University of Virginia's research park are saving and transplanting 3,000 trees, some, five-storey tall, rather than cutting them and burning the debris. The trees, 106 of which