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  • Forests on fire

    Wildfires in the United States are throwing off political heat as well, with some Westerners blaming the mammoth blazes on reductions in timber harvesting under the Clinton Administration. The

  • Forest-thinning plan weighed

    The U.S. Forest Service wants to boost efforts to remove small trees and brush near western communities in response to wildfires raging this summer, agency officials said yesterday.Trees 12 inches in

  • SC ruling on surplus land holders' rights

    A two-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Mr Justice D.P. Mohapatra and Mr Justice R.P. Sethi after analyisng the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms Act, 1973, today held that the

  • 'The risk of losing it all'

    The current wildfire season has been one of the most destructive in the last half century in US-and it's not over yet. Of the 65 major fires burning as of last weekend, roughly a dozen are unlikely

  • Forest service

    Remove small trees : The U.S. Forest Service wants to boost efforts to remove small trees and brush near western communities in response to wildfires raging this summer, agency officials said

  • US wildfires get out of control

    The number of wildfires burning in the United States came four closer to 100, as federal fire officials announced 98 blazes were burning in 10 western states and Florida.The number of hectares ablaze

  • SC stress on laws to protect forests

    The Supreme Court has set aside a Karnataka High Court order releasing a vehicle from the custody of the Forest Department and said the High Court's impugned order is contrary to law and that the

  • Digvijay for review of Forest Conservation Act

    The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minster, Mr. Digvijay Singh, has urged the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, to review the Forest Conservation Act in the interest of the tribal communities and

  • Saffron savior

    Ordaining trees, a practice unique to Thailand, has saved forests from being logged in other parts of the country. "It's an ancient solution to a modern problem,"says Sanitsuda Ekachai, a Bangkok

  • UP govt bid to enhance forest cover

    The UP government is undertaking urgent steps to revamp forst management so as to make up the loss forest cover caused by the creation of Uttaranchal said Mr Ram Asrey Kushwaha, UP minister of state

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