Forest officers arrested eight people for smuggling 50 kg of sandalwood from the forests in Gopalganj area in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh. An official spokesman said forest guards had an

Union Minister for Forest and Environment Suresh Prabhu has instituted a probe into the alleged bunglings of the Bhopal-located Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM).Giving the information,

US auditors have found that the Forest Service frequently fails to assess, prevent or correct environmental damage from logging on the national forests. After inspecting 12 timber projects in the

Groves of towering redwoods that were saplings when the Roman empire was at its height have been saved in a middle-of-the-night deal with the timber company that owns the tract along California's

Tribals living near the Vatvad Dongar forest in Mokhada taluka of Thane distrct are protesting against tree-felling allegedly being done by the forest department. According to the Kashtakari

A Rs 10 crore Sanjhi Van Yojna-- a community based afforestation scheme-- has formally been put into operation in Chamba district this week. Giving this information at Chamba today, Mr R K Kappor,

A vast stretch of land on either side of the Yamuna will be converted into a "forest" . Lt Governor Vijay Kapoor has asked the city's forest department to develop it into a "green zone". This

The Forest Department may have been deprived of Rs four crore in compensation due to the ignorance of district forest officials. According to official sources 3761 acres of land was acquired for

Encroachment by tribals is a common phenomenon in the Barispur reserve forest, Balipara reserve forest, Belseri reserve forest and in Charidur reserve forest in Sonitour district resulting in heavy

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