Environment and human rights crusaders are hopeful that the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, would view forest and wildlife protection policy from the people's point of

Forests are expected to play an important role in acheiving the Kyoto targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions. Forests absorb about 27 million tons of carbon dioxide annually in Japan, according

Forest Minister D Manjunath said that the State Government would come out with a comprehensive Karnataka Forest (Amendment) Bill based on the National Forest Policy evolved by the Centre after

The neem trees is being threatened by the Die-Bach fungal disease in Karnataka. According to a field survey conducted over the last four years by a group of researchers from the University of Mysore,

Brazil promised to set aside 62 million acres of Amazon rain forest for conservation , underscoring the Government's renewed commitment to the faltering preservation of the imperiled tropical

The Indian Forest Service Association (IFSA) has demanded a hike in the Rs 8,000 crore allocation proposed in the draft Ninth Plan as it considers the amount inadequate to tackle the challenges of a

American Forests and Mobil Corp. are bringing badly needed 'relief' to forests in Virginia, Wisconsin and Florida. The partnership planted 55,000 native trees this month in Virginia and 230,000 trees

Veerappan : Putting all speculation to rest, forest brigand Veerappan has ruled out the possibility of surrendering to the authorities. In an audio cassette addressed to R R Gopal, editor of Tamil

Mr. Klaus Topffer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), welcomes the reports of recent rains in Indonesia's forest-fire ravaged east Kalimantan province. However,

A forest protection committee has been constituted under the convenorship of Indira Tamang at an all party meeting in Dharan Muncipality to protect 100 hectares of forest area in the Charkose Jhadi