Arunachal Pradesh lost revenue worth R.s 115 crores since the Supreme Court banned forest related industries in the North-East,according to the Chief Minister, Mr. Gegong

In a significant development, the Supreme Court has ordered a CBI enquiry into the Bastar forest scandal revolving around illegal transfers and serious irregularities in grant of permission for

Asean environment ministers will meet in Kuching on Feb 24 and Feb 25 to discuss the haze. This will be their second meeting to find effective ways to reduce the effects of haze which affected their

The Forest Department is implementing the Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project (TAP) with an active involvement of people. TAP was now being implemented in 38

The Supreme Court has ordered an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the illegal felling of trees at Bastar in Madhya Pradesh under the garb of "Malik Maqbuj". The order

The Minister of Environment and Forests Prof Saifuddin Soz, has asked the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, to stop felling of infected sal trees in the State till the revamped committee of experts

Reeling from widespread criticism from various quarters for its inept handling of the borer beetle infestation in the dense sal forests in the state, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided not to

The Clinton Administration plans to suspend construction of roads in the back country of most national forests, a major environmental step that would effectively preclude logging on some of the

In Madhya Pradesh there is evidence to indicate that trees were being felled till recently in a certain forest area near the state capital in contravention of Supreme Court directives. In a large

A Rs. 249.9-crore World Bank-aided project has commenced in seven selected national wildlife parks in the country. This scheme, which includes Nagarhole in Karnataka has introduced a totally new