Maharashtra government is set to receive Rs 2,000 crore from the Centre in next three years under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority and is keen on setting up an ‘eco

On the overall assessment in the environment status report (ESR) of 2015-16, the environment performance index has slightly decreased in the PMC despite conservation efforts.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has sanctioned Rs 15 lakh for conservation of rare, endangered and threatened species in the Sahyadri mountain sub-cluster of the Western Ghats.

BENGALURU: Environmentalists and citizens will hit the Nrupatunga Road on Friday morning and embrace the 18 trees marked for felling to facilitate TenderSURE works by the BBMP recently.

The National Green Tribunal’s principal bench on Wednesday directed Karnataka to take permission from the environment authority before felling any tree in the Yettinahole Irrigation Project area.

DISTRICT forestry officer at Katima Mulilo Dennis Sikabongo said there is a worrisome trend of residents hiring foreigners to harvest mopane trees.

Mopane trees are protected in Namibia.

A new study by scientists at Stanford University, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, tested whether hotter temperatures and higher carbon dioxide levels that we’ll se

A plantation drive was initiated by Saraswati Bhuvan Education Society (SBES), where around 150 saplings were planted on one of the hills at Satara area in the outskirts of the city on Saturday.

A recent study finds the boreal forests of North America may fare relatively well in the face of climate change, and could provide habitat for wildlife fleeing from the south.

Bias against plants is widespread, and seriously limits conservation efforts, scientists say.