Tribals affected by World Bank-funded forestry projects are holding a five-day dharna at Roshanpura Naka, Nagpur to draw attention to their plight. They say the government is not honouring its

Tribals affected by World Bank-funded forestry projects are holding a five-day dharna at Roshanpura Naka here to draw attention to their plight.They say the govenment is not honouring its commitment

Thousands of trees are being felled in the forests of Pathri Range on the outskirts of Rajaji national Park to make space for an ambitious programme to "rehabilitate" the Van Gujjars who occupy the

The World Bank aided 800-crore Madhya Pradesh Forestry Project has badly affected tribals living in the forest areas, Mr P V Rajgopal, convener of a social organisation, Ekta Prishad, charged at

Delhi losses close to about Rs 4.3 crores each day as the conservator of forests and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation are entangled in a dispute over the prickly issues of cutting trees for the

Traders in Bastar district resorted to a strike today in protest against cooperatisation of the tamarind trade, according to information received from official sources. A large number of triabl

Canadian foresters were warned earlythis week that British Columbia producers haemorrhaged red ink last year and more losseswould be on the way if they do not accept independent environmental

As many as 5.199 trees would be felled before the construction of the Shahdara-Pratap Nagar section of the rail corridor of the Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System project, the Lok Sabha was told on

Madhya Pradesh plans to cover 50 per cent of the 30,000 villages situated within a 5-km periphery of forests with the Joint Forest management(JFM) activity by the turn of the century.The World Bank

Dr D N Tewari, Member of the Planning Commission, will inaugurate a two-day workshop at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehra Dun on February 9 where forest research priorities for Uttar