Investigations into the mysterious drying up of over two thousand full grown trees in Kheer Ganga forest under Parbati division three years ago have led to the uncovering of a major scandal and

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has suggested amendment to the Forest Conservation Act and creation of 'reforestation funds' for facilitating reforms in the

Punjab Minister for Forests and Tourism Malik Salim Iqbal said the department has drafted the forest policy and made amendments in the Punjab Forest Act which will be released shortly. Talking to

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) is drafting changes in the Environment Protection Act (EPA), making it obligatory on companies seeking environmental clearance to contribute to the

Nearly all the states in Peninsular Malaysia logged below their annual quota last year, Primary Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said.According to the Forestry Department's 1997 annual

The Minisry of Industry has accounced that henceforth entrepreneurs who wish to obtain approval from the Government for setting up any wood-based project should obtain prior clerance from the

The Uttar Pradesh Governor, Mr. Suraj Bhan, called upon officials of various departments to undertake afforestation schemes expeditiously to increase the forest cover which would come down from 17

The Forest Department in Sri Lanka has received over 1000 applications from the private sector as well as from individuals for reforestation of barren state land under a new program. Under this

The State Council, China's Cabinet, recently issued an emergency cicular calling for greater protections of forest resources and forbidding the opening up of new lands at the expense of

A tenth of the world's known tree species face extinction, according to a global survey by conservation groups. The three-year survey, the first of its kind, found out more than 8,750 of the