Hundreds of firefighters struggled on Monday to contain a forest fire that has been raging for a week through a national park, threatening wildlife and residents. The blaze at the Khao Yai national

There must be a total ban on planting big trees in the existing grasslands in the State's various forests so that the delicate balance of ecology is not disturbed, said Sri Anwaruddin Choudhury, a

Greenpeace denounced the decision by Western Forest Products to begin blasting roads into the intact rainforest valleys of the Mooto-Ingram of the Great bear Rainforest. Western's decision

The timber trade in the Kallayi belt of Kerala, once the largest trading area in Asia and the second largest in the world, is now facing extinction with timber dealers attributing the crisis to a

Forest guards want AK-47s, grenades: The wildlife wing of the forest department plans to procure sophisticated weapons, including AK-47s and hand grenades for its staff stationed in forest areas

The Nagpur based Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra, a state government undertaking, plans to raise a whopping Rs 2,500 crore through bonds to undertake various forest development works in

As many as 50,000 fruit and ornamental trees will be planted across the Kashmir Valley as part of the "Green Campaign" launched by the Army, in partnership with the state forest department in an

The adivasis in the tribal belt of Bhandara-Raipur-Chattisgarh have only two options: starve or face exploitation by tendu-leaf growers. There isn't a third choice. More than 10 lakh adivasis work in

An action plan to conserve and protect the Eastern Ghats is under the Governments's consideration the Forests Minister, Mr.Pongalur N. Palanisamy, said on Saturday. Participating in the "World

Hundreds of fires blanketed swathes of Indonesia's East Kalimantan province with choking smoke on Saturday, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake amid warning the situation is set to