<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
Malaysians have no need to worry about the haze in Sumatra affecting them, according to the Department of Environment. DOE director-general Rosnani Ibarahim said the situation was under control and
Malaysia and Singapore have complained to Indonesia about the haze which both the countries claim was polluting the air. The Indonesian government has received complain from the two neighbouring
Ethiopia said yesterday it had deployed some 70,000 people to fight a raging forest fire in the south of the country but international assistance was still needed. Kuma Demeksa, head of a government
Smog from forest fires in Sumatra has exceeded hazardous levels, and officials said Monday that a government agency was urging that a state of emergency be declared in and around the provincial
Hundreds of fires scorching forests in Indonesia's Sumatra and West Kalimantan regions have reached emergency proportions, officials said yesterday. Huge clouds of smoke are billowing over Sumatra's
The Kerala government would implement a Rs 151.1 crore World Bank aided comprehensive forest developmnt project over a four-year period, starting from 2002, the forest minister, C K Nanu told the
The Madhya Pradesh Government has taken various corrective steps to strengthen forest protection and efficient management of forests, even while admitting that there has been large scale illegal
Jakarta warns plantation, logging firms : Indonesia called the forest fires raging in Sumatra island a national disaster and warned logging firms could lose their licenses if they had deliberately
The forest fire that started around 1:15pm yesterday from the foothills just above Babina village, Thimphy, devoured more than 30 acres in just an hour. Fiercely blown by the wind, dark clouds of
The Himachal Pradesh government's recent decision in the state for lining its cash-starved coffers has upset environmentalists and politicians in the state. As per the decision, green trees will be
