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

The public interest litigation for banning all timber based activities in the seven north-eastern states has caused a loss of about Rs 1,480 crore to the national exchequer. The decaying timber lying

Jawans of the SSB and men of the Forest Department were desperately trying to control the fire that broke out in pine forests (Dharampur--Himachal Pradesh) on Saturday. The fire broke out in the

Forest wealth worth Rs 3 crore including valuable trees has been submerged in the waters of the Kodasalli reservoir in Uttara Kannada district due to the negligence of forest department officials,

The crisis ridden RS 9,000 crore Indian paper industry faces the threat of dumping due to lop-sided duty provisions in the Budget for 1998-99, the apex paper associations have said.

With the unofficial death toll due to heat wave crossing the 800-mark, the Bhubaneswar Environment Protection Council, a voluntary body, has proposed to revive the forest cover in the state

Alarmed by the growing self-sufficiency and export potential of Indian paper industry, foreign pulp-wood exporters are causing impediments in their way by aiding some NGOs to raise "baseless" social

The city government proposes to plant about 22 lakh saplings in the coming one year through various government and public agencies. The announcement was made by cheif minister Sahib Singh Verma on

A special committee has been formed to help states which have fallen short of their tree planting campaign target, said Housing and Local Government minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh. He said at least

In the wake of searing hot spell, forest areas of Bageshwar and Pithoragarh districts in Uttar Pradesh hills have been engulfed by devasting