The timber mafia is active in cutting old and precious trees in the forests around Murree, but the officials of the Forest Department are playing the role of silent spectators.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is framing new laws and making the existing ones more stringent to protect forests and curb timber smuggling in the province.
Deep in the forests of Borneo island, workmen from an Indonesian timber company fell a tree with a chainsaw, stick a red tag with a serial number onto it and attach a corresponding stub to the stum
The National Green Tribunal, on Monday, issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Andhra Pradesh government in a petition that sought a direction to the authorities to evolv
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - Abbottabad—Three teams have been set up to stop illicit cutting of forests within the jurisdiction of Abbottabad district, and to purchase and sell timber in lieu of
Srinagar: While the forest officials claim that they have been doing “enough” to save forests from smugglers, the loot of green gold is rampant in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.