<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
Japan and the United States plan to launch a project to preserve rain forests in Africa and Asia, sources at the summit on sustainable development said. The governments of developing African and
Concerned over increasing legal hazards over felling trees, the West Bengal state government is framing a new set of rules, giving specific directions on the matter. The new rules, according to
The alarming shrinkage of Orissa's forest cover has rattled environmentalists who fear this might adversely affected the environment and rain pattern of the state. While the vast green patches have
Air quality in parts of Indonesia's Borneo island hit record lows on Thursday as bush fires continued to belch out thick smoke, weather officials said. Forest and brush fires set by farmers,
The Centre is working out a comprehensive project to regenerate forests in Jhum land of north eastern states, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, A M Gokhale said. The new
An area of 252 hectare would be brought under forest cover this year in Hamirpur district by planting 2.50 lakh saplings in different species at an estimated cost of Rs 33 lakh. This was announced by
Recommending nearly 1000 trees for felling under the rights of villagers by a panchayat in a year is a matter of serious concern. A panchayat has decided to start a sapling plantation drive making it
West Bengal has done it again. The birthplace of joint forest management (JFM) and the winner of several national and international awards in this regard, the West Bengal state is steadily setting an
Australia's bushfire season is still a month off but one of the driest winters ever recorded, coupled with the return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, has already forced the fire services on to
Thousands of teak trees, spread over an area of of 200 acres, at Udumalpet, near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu are being felled and smuggled out every day in gross violations of Madras High Court directives
