<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
Thirty one year-old Kota of Thangrong geog in Mongar made his hundredth trip, six hours downhill to the roadhead in Sherichu 36 kilometres from Trashigang (Bhutan), last week. It was his final trip
The Assam forest department is fighting a "losing battle" against the fast depleting forest cover in the state. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Mr P Lahon, told the Statesman today that
Speakers at a seminar in Dhaka yesterday cautioned that the country's future development would be hampered if indiscriminate deforestation is not stopped immediately, reports UNB. The reserve forests
Conservationists, forestry academics and officials in Thailand yesterday clashed over the contents of a draft community forest bill, focussing on a contentious article which allows people to reside
Expanding human settlements are posing a serious threat to forests in the Sunderbans. According to state Forest Department sources, in the last 50 years, the department did not clear a single square
Park benches aren't normally the stuff of diplomacy. But when Los Angeles and New York started talking about banning the use of uncertified tropical timber for benches, boardwalks and other city
Relentless pressure of population is taking its inevitable toll of the forest cover in Assam. The reserve forests account for 22 per cent for 17,684 sq.km. of the State's geographical area, but most
Cambodia's prime minister, Hun Sen, ordered a tough crarckdown on illegal logging. He ordered the police and military to use armed forces if necessary to wipe out what he called "anarchic" logging.
The Delhi Forest Department seems to be eating up the very forest it is supposed to protect. The department has violated Supreme Court orders by constructing a four-room office building in the Kamala
Shogakukan Inc. will launch a 500 hectare forestation project in Australia in 2000 with Nippon Paper Industries Co. and Mitsui & Co., the Tokyo based publishing company said. It will establish a
