In an alarming development, all the North Eastern States including Assam and barring Mizoram and Tripura, have recorded massive loss of forest cover. The massive depredation of forest has taken a

With the Indonesian government short of money and preoccupied with an economic crisis that threatens to lead to serious social unrest, concern is growing in Singapore and Malaysia that the region

The Sarawak government has issued a directive for "water bombing" to be carried out in drought stricken Miri to douse fires that have been ravaging forests since last

The Indian Rubberwood Task Force (IRTF), along with the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), Japan, is organising a three-day international seminar here on the potential and problems of

The World Wide Fund-India and a number of eminent environment conservationists have taken exception to the environment and forests ministry's decision to allow felling of certain categories of the

The use of waste paper has been growing by leaps and bounds globally. In India, it contributes 40 per cent of the national production of paper. In other words, every percentage increase of collection

That the forest resources of the country have always been under threat is nothing new. So when the Union Minister for Environment and Forests expressed concern about this precious resource touching a

The significance of the order passed by the three-judge Banch of the Supreme Court on January 15 is to be seen not only in the immediate context of the plywood industry in the North-East being

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will evolve a long term policy for mineral exploration by mining industries in the forest rich areas of the

India's forest cover officially pegged at 23 per cent is actually "national" as it includes rocky out-crop and scrub which supports a certain variety of wildlife.The biennial State Forest Report