<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Assam: PCCF MK Yadava accused of illegally clearing protected forest for Commando Battalion" appearing in the Northeast
General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, will donate $10 million to restore and protect an endangered tract of Atlantic Coast rain forest in Brazil, an environmental group said yesterday.
The Forest Department has successfully produced English willow in several parts of the Punjab (Pakistan), a spokesman for the department said on Thursday. Addressing sports goods manufacturers at
In a political move that could have serious economic ramifications, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh announced that he would call Chief Ministers' meeting to review the rules and
Environmentalists in Delhi have an issue at hand. While the capital's forest cover is just around a minuscule six per cent, as against the 33 per cent stipulated in the National Forest Policy, the
An Idaho federal judge has halted one of President Clinton's boldest environmental protections which prevents development of 'roadless' areas of forest, totalling a third of the US
The war of attrition between the top two officials of the state forest department is out in the open with Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) D P S Verma submitting a report this week to
After people who hacked at trees and swept clear the green cover of Himachal hills, microbes have now taken over. Bacterias and insects and various fungi are eating up kail, blue pine and deodar
The social forestry scheme launched in Mulbagal taluk has not only saved greenery but has also brought people together.In India 58 lakh hectares are covered by forests. "In Karnataka 12,800 hectares
Members of the People's Forum, the Tamil Nadu Women's Coordination Committee and the Forum Against Globalisation staged a demonstration in the town urging the government to abandon the Wasteland
As regards loss of forest covers between the years 1997-1999, Assam has achieved the distinction of being second in the country, Mizoram being the first in this respect, losing 437 sq km as against
