Assailing the treatment meted out to forest-dwellers by the authorities of Rajaji National Park in a recent case in Uttar Pradesh,the Centre for Science and Environment(CSE) has demanded that

The Clinton administration proposed new protections for millions of acres of pristine federal forest lands, but the plan immediately drew opposition from loggers and criticism from environmentalists

The impassive over fate of the huge stock of illegally-felled timber, estimated to be around 1.2 lakh cubic meters, has been resolved, with the Supreme Court allowing the timbers to be transported to

The Supreme Court's final order on the felling and transportation of timber and timber products, passed on January 15, has come as a breather to the plywood industry, particularly in the North-East

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has set up a task force to deal with the sal borer attack in the forests of Madhya

The Chilean environmental authority is about to approve Trillium Corporation's Rio Condor project, thus sealing the fate of a unique forest in Tierra del Fuego. The operations of Forestal Trillium

The Supreme Court has allowed the disposal of "illicitly felled siezed timber" in the forests of the Northeast and eastern India in a phased manner. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice J S Verma

SC directs Patel Govt to file report : The Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka Government to file an action taken report(ATR) within two weeks on the encroachment of 3,309 acres of reserved

The Supreme Court has suspended licenses granted to all wood based industries operating in reserved forests. They have the option to shift to industrial estates that shall be identified by state

In a landmark judgement last week, the then Chief Justic of India, Justice J S Verma assisted by Justice R K Anand and Justice B N Kirpal, modified their order of December 12, 1996 on preservation