<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
The Tamil Nadu Afforestation Programme (TAP), the watershed-based development programme for villages abutting forests, carried out by the Forest department since April 1997, has improved the rapport
The forests in Dhubri district are facing a virtual wipe out. According to data available here, Atharokotha, Mangaljhora, Rupshi, Tipkai, Chandardinga, etc. reserved forests areas under Dhubri
Report : Despite its new-found tag of "the second rubber capital of India", a recent study into the impact of rubber plantation reveals its telling effect on the state's fragile ecology.
Public hearing has been made mandatory before granting clearance to forest projects involving more than 20 hectares of forest land. This has been done to introduce greater transparency in the
The Forest Department, which has been carrying out a survey in the reserved forests of Chikmagalur district with the help of the Survey of India, is in a bind following threats by encroachers and
A mammoth "Green Project" is being launched in Qinghai Province to address the issue of a worsening ecological environment around the Longyangxia Hydropower Station, which is now surrounded by
The different afforestation projects being run by the State government have generated employment opportunities equivalent to 1 crore mandays so far. During the last three years of the projects, which
In a bid to wean tribals away from non-productive forms of agriculture in the north-east and provide additional income, agriculturists have introduced a pilot project in Assam to revive lac
If the Delhi Forest Department has its way, trees will no longer be cut in the Capital, they will be trnasplanted. In a bid to ensure that Delhi does not loose its already "thin" tree cover, the
Some people have started ruining the dhak trees (Khakra) from the very roots itself and using the skin of the roots of the tree for preparing ropes . The forest department has not imposed any
