Forests

Nagaland Forest Department refutes timber seizure charges

Publication Date: 
27/07/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Forests, Timber Smuggling, Forest Trade, Nagaland, Sentinel (Guwahati)
Forests

With compromise deal, EU moves toward illegal timber ban

After more than two years of negotiations, the European Council and European Parliament have signed a provisional agreement that, if approved, would ban illegal timber from entering the EU.

Publication Date: 
23/06/2010
Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
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Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Illegal Trade, Timber Industry, European Union (EU), Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
Forests

Eco Task Force seizes timber

KOKRAJHAR, May 28: The 135 Battalion of the Eco Task Force (ETF) of Army, presently engaged in the re-plantation in Chirang reserve forest in Kokrajhar district, has seized at least 15 cubic feet of timber which was illegally brought from deep inside the Chirang reserve forest at Lumsung today at around 1.45 p.m. The smugglers, however, fled at the sight of the the vehicle.

Publication Date: 
29/05/2010
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Forests, Timber Smuggling, Assam, Kokrajhar (D), Sentinel (Guwahati)
Forests

Irregular attendance of Forest personnel

KOKRAJHAR May24: Though the BTC Forest department has taken some steps against illegal felling of tree