Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Wednesday said that under the ‘green and clean Khyber Pakhtunkhwa plan’ the provincial government had banned cutting of trees to increase forest cover in the provin

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa forest department has increased the timber smuggling and deforestation fine in the province manifold.

A project aimed at protecting forests in Senegal's Casamance region has helped locals lay aside their political differences

Tribal villages around the core area of Similipal Tiger Reserve have come forward to join hands with the State Forest department in its fight against poaching and timber smuggling in the National p

Devastating forest fire engulfed almost all the forest areas under Seijosa circle of East Kameng district creating havoc in lower belt of the circle since first week of this month.

The forest fire, which has already destroyed the forest areas in lower belt of Seijosa circle, engulfed new areas under Pakke Tiger Reserve Buffer Zone and Papum Reserve, said Ghora Aabhe Society.

In recent years, timber smuggling has alarmingly increased in the Deukhuri, Dang. The smugglers have been found adopting new strategy for timber smuggling.

Mushrooming of illegal saw mills in East Siang district has become a big threat to the environment.

Protection of forest wealth

The Himachal Kisan Sabha (HKS), Himalayan Nitti Abhiyan and farmers' NGOs have sought a compensatory 25 per cent green bonus or cess on protection of forests from the Centre as demanded by the state.

To tighten noose around the timber mafia active on the border of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, especially in the kandi belt, officials of the Forest Departments of both states have chalked out a pla

Timber Smugglers are reportedly clearing local forests in cahoots with security personnel in the district.

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