The Assam government is unlikely to ask the Centre for dereservation of certain forests to enable settlement of the riot-affected people in Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon districts. The Kokrajhar district

Six thousand trees or two rail tracks? A tough choice for the choking Delhi'ite, but not for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which is out to meet deadlines. Announcing "compensatory plantation" for

The government is proposing to launch an ambitious environmental programme under the aegis of the defence ministry which aims to stem the exploitation of the Himalayas by renewed afforestation

The Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to restructure the Forest Department by providing scope for more jobs and undertaking the task of improving degraded forests in the State. There are about 60

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, has urged the Centre to lift the ban imposed on sandalwood exports, according to a State Government release. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr.

The Dhumal Government has cancelled the controversial agreement by which the previous Virbhadra singh government had allocated 25 per cent quota of khair wood to a Kala Amb-based katha manufacturing

Fearing arrest, some officials of the Delhi Development Authority have been looking for shelter in places other than their homes since Friday. The officials-- an executive engineer, an assistant

Park benches aren't normally the stuff of diplomacy. But when Los Angeles and New York started talking about banning the use of uncertified tropical timber for benches, boardwalks and other city

RAN : Despite good and concrete policies forwarded by the Nepal government towards community forestry, they fall short while implementing them, Ranger Association of Nepal (RAN), said. The government

Conservationists, forestry academics and officials in Thailand yesterday clashed over the contents of a draft community forest bill, focussing on a contentious article which allows people to reside