Collection of tendu leaf is continuing in Madhya Pradesh at 30,000 collection centres. So far, 45 lakh standard bags of tendy leaf has been collected through 1947 primary forest produce cooperative

The Karnataka Government has been urged to take immediate steps to ensure the implementation of the joint forest planning and management (JEPM) programme which had been announced through a Government

A fact-finding team has found state authorities had unlawfully issued Nor Sor 3 Kor land right documents for more than 1,000 rai of mangrove forests in the southern coastal province of Phang-nga. The

The Punjab government is considering to set up a provincial forest authority as a quasi autonomous body with the objective to give a commercial orientation to its various activities in collaboration

The recent decision by the state forest department to give more emphasis to forestry programmes on the territory controlled by the department may not augur well for the social forestry project. The

A public interest litigation was today filed by the Investors' Grievances Forum (IGF) at the Mumbai High Court against 3,599 plantation companies in India, for allegedly siphoning off investment

The efforts of the Mumbai high court and environmentalists to curb deforestation in the ecologically sensitive Mahabaleshwar-panchgani plateau are meeting with little success. This is because the

The first rains of the season have fallen across parts of Mexico and Central America but have not quenched many wildfires that are destroying virgin forests and feeding a smoke cloud that is drifting

In the Guatemalan rain forests, the wildfires have decimated populations of rare birds and plants and are threatening Mayan ruins. In Mexico, the fires have destroyed 600,000 acres and killed 55

The Centre has directed the Karnataka Government to take over in 45 days the forest area leased to a five star hotel group at Nagarahole National Park in Kodagu district.It has also sought a report