The government is considering lifting the ban on primary bamboo export for a temporary period, Union environment and forest minister Suresh P Prabhu said on Monday.

Indonesia President B.J. Habibie on Monday caled for action to halt Indonesia's forest fires, even though wind and rain eased the new haze crisis over Sumatra and Borneo.The private Indonesian Foret

India's forest cover is already inadequate and is going to be worse in 25 years due to pressure of population, a non-governmental think tank has warned in Washington on Monday. According to the

The Government is considering to lift the ban on export of primary bamboo for a temporary period, Union environment and forests minister Suresh P Prabhu said here on Monday.The environment ministry

Tree plantations run by locals in Asia and Africa are one new way for pulp and paper companies to reap fresh timber supply without felling remote virgin forests, a development official todl Reuters.

However, the Forest Department , with the assistance of the Madhya Pradesh Government, is making all-out efforts to minimise the loss and also to take action against those selling these wood without

The sawmill industry in western Victoria (Australia) operated at a loss, with profitability propped up by export woodchips and extra trees taken from other regions, according to a Federal-State

The High Court has directed the Wild Life Warden, Parambikulam, to file a reply on a writ petition moved by 'Niyamavedi', seeking an order prohibiting fellling of trees in the Parambikulam Wildlife

Environmentalists late last week hailed a judge's decision that could delay hundreds of federal timber sales in the Pacific Northwest, while outraged industry executives said the move

Scriptwriter Salim Khan submitted his three-point plan for environmental protection to the Bombay High Court. Khan promises to plant 500 trees in the forest surrounding Panvel to involve film