In British Columbia, Greenpeace applauded logging giant MacMilan Bloedel for showing leadership and vision by announcing a dramatic forest program that will change the face of the forest industry in

A high level expert committee called upon the government to launch a seprate institutional arrangement on the lines of district rural development agencies (DRDA) for two lakh villages around forest

Firefighters braced on Thursday for fresh battles against wildfires that have driven more than 30,000 people from their homes, closed 225 km of Interstate highway and destroyed dozens of homes and

This year's Green Delhi campaign was launched by Tourism and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Madan Lal Khurna today by planting a sapling at a park in Nirman

The Union Ministry of Environment & Forests has drawn up an action plan to reverse the decline in forest cover of the country. Among other things it includes intensified afforestation activities in

Fire fighters continued to battle against wildfires that have driven more than 30,000 people from their homes, closed 140 miles of interstate highway and destroyed dozens of homes and businesses. In

The Gujarat Forest and Environment Minister, Mr. Kanjibhai Patel, informed the Vidhan Sabha here that a notice has been served on Larsen and Toubro for taking over forest land in Amreli district even

The Chief Minister has appealed to people to plant trees. Try planting one in your neighbourhood public park and you will know how serious the government is about its tree plantation drives. Chances

Illegal wood logging and timber smuggling from thousands of hectares of forests in Udaypur district of Nepal have taken a massive rate following the strike of forest guards and rangers. Sources say

The forest cover in the country is estimated to be depleted to 12 per cent of the total land area. The wasteland areas are expanding at a rapid rate of 50,000 hectares annually. One half of the area