Environment organisations have strongly reacted to the construction of a building on the northern Ridge by the Delhi Forest Department. In a letter addressed to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit and

The Indian Agro Paper Mills Association (IAPMA) has urged the Government to rationalise import duty and evolve ways to check waste paper import. It also wants the definition of import to be reworked

The Supreme Court today pulled up the chief secretary of Nagaland for filing an unsatisfactory affidavit on the implementationof a Court directive to set up compact wood-based industrial estates to

The community forest development programme run by District Forest Office has been showing positive impact on the conservation and utilisation of forest in Surkhet district of Nepal. Forest users are

Afforestation under the World Bank-funded eco-developmental project is threatening the existence of tribals living in the buffer zone of the Pench national park. In a petition to the forest officers

The forest department has issued a show-cause notice to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) authorities alleging indiscriminate felling of trees on the campus to facilitate construction of

Smugglers are systematically plundering the forests in this district for the khari (acacia catechu) tree, used by kattha manufacturing units all over the country. The wood lost annually is worth Rs 5

The green cover in this picturesque Himachal Pradesh town is under serious threat, especially within its muncipal limits. Over the past few years various government departments have taken forest laws

Insecurity haunts wildlife in Himachal Pradesh with new cement plants and hydro-electric projects eating up the forest area in the state. Wildlife sanctuaries are one by one falling prey to such

Pace of reserving forests wanes : Only three states in Petaling Jaya peninsula of Malaysia gazetted permanent forest reserves (PFRs) in 1997, according to the Forestry Department.