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The forest department of Nagaland has decided to take up an afforestation programme for the regeneration of degraded forests with the objective of converting such areas to "productive

Japan has granted a Rs 500 crore assistance to the state to improve its forest wealth over a period of five years, according to the Tamil Nadu minister of Forests, Mr. Pongalur N.

Despite the government's pledge to stop deforestation, timber smuggling across the border and the government's haphazard planning and ineffective policies are leading to the destruction of forests.

The much publicised tendu leaf collection in Madhya Pradesh through the primary cooperative societies of tribals and weaker sections has started showing strains. There is also ample evidence to

Possibility of acquiring land falling under green area as per the master Plan 2001, adjacent to the South-Central ridge, to ensure its continuity will be explored. This was decided in a meeting to

Large-scale encroachment of forest land is going on unchecked in the apple belt of Himcahal. These violations are highest in the Shimla district, which along accounts for over half of the total

The Associated Chmabers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has advocated the need to involve the corporate sector in the rehabilitation of forest and non-forest wastelands under the

A major ongoing afforestation project has significantly reduced wind and dust levels in Beijing and Tianjin. Recent statistics for Beijing, show that the 16.5 tons of dust deposited per kilometer

Around twenty years back 50,000 trees were planted on the sides of ringroad to form a green belt in Kathmandu. But, lately the green belt is fast diminishing. Earlier, there were 31 roads legally

A National Environment Fund (NEF) in association with industrial and developmental activity in the country is proposed to be set up soon by the environment and forest ministry to promote

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