Malaysia has called for international timber regulatory bodies to redefine the term "forest" to include oil palm and rubber plantations. Deputy Primary Industries Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Tun

The Centre should make available special funds to Himachal Pradesh to help the State expand its forest cover as also compensate it for the revenue losses incurred due to non-exploitation of forest

Smoke from forest and ground fires is beginning to shroud the skies over several parts of the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo, officials said on Tuesday."It is starting again. There are now

Two Pune based researchers, Dr. A.F. Mascarenhas and Dr. R. S. Nadgauda, have been selected for the "Agro-forestry award" for

Pakistan's national exchequer is being deprived of revenues worth millions of rupees every year, sometime because of natural calamities and sometime because of man-made disasters. Where Cyclone-2A

With the implementation of the Eco Development Project in villages within five kilometre radious of Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, the pressure on natural resources has been reduced. Thanks to

Cash-starved Sri Lanka wants to cut down valuable teak trees in its national parks, raising a cry of outrage from environmentalists. A committee appointed by the President Chandrika Kumaratunge

The environment and forests ministry has proposed that special purpose vehicles be created in Union ministries to raise additional resources for tree plantations.The proposal is contained in the

The Gujarat Government has all but finalised the decision to sell the Baroda central Jail grounds, along with 7,000 trees."A few trees may be cut down in the green zone for contruction of roads and

Orissa's forest cover has shrunk by 1420 sq km in the last nine years brining down the total forest area from 59,555 sq km in 1990 to 58,135 sq km in 1999, according to official sources. Of the