Some 500 rangers, border patrol police and forestry police are to be dispatched to Salween National Park in Mae Sariang to combat illegal logging, while the 10,000 Burmese refugees there will be

Representative Rob Portman and John Kasich, two Ohio republicans have joined with Democrat Lee Hamilton in crafting a way to protect the Earth's remaining forests. Protecting the planet's remaining

The Madhya Pradesh Government has suspended 40 officers and other employees in connection with illegal felling of trees in Bastar district, in accordance with a Supreme Court

Nearly 300 saplings were planted at the Police Lines today under the "Green Patiala" drive launched by the

The Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) and other leading voluntary organisations have urged the Madhya Pradesh government and the Lok Ayukta to take immediate action against several top officials and

The Union Environment and Forest Ministry would simplify the procedures for exporting sandalwood and steps would be taken soon to allow the Tamil nadu Government to export a good quantity of

HC disposes writs on ST levy: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has disposed of a batch of writ petitions challenging the levy of sales tax on Abnus (beedi) leaves being collected by the AP Forest

The joint forest management approach and the social forestry programmes undertaken in West Bengal is set to be replicated in the rest of the country, according to Pranabes Sanyal, chief environment

The environmental movement has taken a new turn in the U.S. with the entry of some large conservation organisations into commercial forestry. The Nature Conservancy, based in Arlington, Virginia and

When the National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) filed an interloutory application in the Supreme Court on Feb 10,1997, alleging wanton destruction of forest and exploitation