<p>Judgement of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in the matter of Vanashakti & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 04/10/2019. Applications were filed for declaring the entire area of
In the first-ever such consultation with the forest department of Maharashtra on Thursday, tribal and forest rights activists, including those belonging to RSS constituent Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, have demanded
The year 2018 was full of declarations. In the country, some major policies and programmes were launched to tackle issues ranging from air pollution to plastic pollution. At the international level, too,
Nagpur: Considering threat to tigers from ‘illegal’ brick kilns operating in Katlabodi in Kalmeshwar forest range, 30km from Nagpur, the revenue department has declined permission to one of the units to
Law to be enforced to bring down incidents of forest fire Telangana Forest department’s resolve to fight against the forest fires towards making 2018 as ‘Zero Forest Fire Year’ may be a cause of concern
CHENNAI: Nearly one-third of the area in the country with sandalwood distribution is in Tamil Nadu with the state covering an area of 3,040sqkm spread across several districts. India has a total area of
<p>The Parliament has cleared this bill to exclude bamboo from the definition of tree under the Indian Forest Act, stating it would improve earnings of tribals and dwellers living around forests.</p>
NEW DELHI: Delhi had seen one of the worst years in terms of air pollution last year but the city did not file a single case against anyone for violating the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,
President clears ordinance amending Forest Act President Ram Nath Kovind today cleared an ordinance amending the Indian Forest Act, omitting bamboo grown on non-forest areas from the definition of
The Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 was promulgated on November 23, 2017. It amends the Indian Forest Act, 1927. Under the Act, the definition of tree includes palms, bamboos, stumps, brush-wood
