There was widespread deforestation in the proposed Jana Kalyan Community forest area constituted in Pathariya and Baliya districts in the name of cutting timber for

More than 1,000 rai of land in Ranong's Laem Son national park have fallen into private hands following the granting of ownership documents by local land officials working in collusion with

After decades of under-development, forestry is emerging as the keystone of Latvia's economy. The decision to seek foreign bids to build a $960m pulp mill shows the state is waking up to the resource

The Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project has caused a remarkable change in the lives of the villages of Thudukkanahalli in Krishnagiri taluk.According to an official press release, the project which is

Thousands of sesam trees, which provide timber worth billions of rupees, have dried up in the plains of North Bihar due to an unknown disease. Many thousand more are threatened with the mysterious

A total of Rs 101 crores have been spent on the forestry and pasture development programme being implemented in the command area of Indira Gandhi Canal Project with the financial assistance of the

About 150 million tonnes of forestry waste and 350 million tonnes of agricultural residue are produced in India every year. However, a major portion of the wastes is not utilised. Scientists in India

Costa Rica's environmental groups have got radical. Worried about the fate of the country's forests, they have banded together to demand a nationwide logging ban and an in-depth review of the rules

Forest products companies on Canada's west coast are facing intense pressure to abandon clear-cut logging following the announcement by MacMillan-Bloedel, Canada's largest forest products company,