<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
Costa Rica is not an easy place to run a logging business. Environmental sensitivity is so high that trees cannot be cut down without exhaustive plans and government permission, and public opinion
In a major policy decision, the Madhya Pradesh State government has decided to give the non-forest barren land on a 33-yr lease to private sector companies, registered societies and organisations.
In places like Bidar and Gulbarga, in Karnataka it is even more difficult to comprehend the environmental damage caused in the name of development. More than 10,000 trees will be sacrificed in these
The four reserve forests within Golaghat district of Assam are Diphu reserve forest, South Numbar, Rengma and Doyang which are situated on the Nagaland border. Nagaland encroached large areas of the
Peru's rare pink river dolphins, jaguars, scarlet macaws, walking palms and giant water lilies will be better protected after an agreement signed today in Washington under which the United States
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday ordered that none of the persons evicted from the Mathikettan shola be permitted to reoccupy any of the reserved forest lands in the
Brazil said this week it had seized a record haul of illegally cut mahogany worth about 80 million reais ($29 million), in its latest victory against the unlicensed harvest of the valuable wood. The
Indonesia has imposed a permanent ban on log exports to protect its dwindling tropical forests, Forestry Minister Muhammad Prakosa said. Prakosa said around 5,000 hectares (12,300 acres) of the
An explosive, 500-square-mile wildfire burned nearly to the doorstep of this evacuated mountain town on Monday as ash rained down on crews desperately fighting to hold back the flames. The largest
The Supreme Court ban on felling of green trees not withstanding, more than 10,000 fully grown trees on the outskirts of Jammu city are going to be face the axe. The Forest Department has handed over
