<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
Minister for forests Harvansh Singh has directed to carry out a campaign Van Samitis under Joint Forest Management (JFM) in Madhya Pradesh. Singh reviewed the activities under the JFM at a meeting on
The Chandigarh city's green cover is fading out fast. And none other than the UT Administration will be to blame if the City Beautiful losses all its trees to uprooting in the near future. Striking
Millions of Muscovites were advised to stay indoors as thick smog from forest fires choked the city. Schoolchildren were kept inside and officials warned that pregnant women and people with heart
Chopped trees don't attract a great many mourners in the urban jungle. But they've found a saviour in Anahita Pandole, a 35 year old gynaecologist at Sion Hospital, (Mumbai) who recently filed a
The Madhya Pradesh Government would soon chalk out a business plan for trading in minor forest produce, the Chief Minister, Mr. Digvijay Singh, has said. The bio-diversity board, which aims at
California's mighty coastal redwood trees and valuable Douglas firs are both susceptible to the same "sudden death" blight that is destroying coastal oaks, marking a serious new threat to the state's
The United Nations gave its support this week to plans to reforest environmentally damaged areas along the 50-mile (80 km) Panama Canal, a top canal official said. Klaus Toepfer, executive director
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court to look into the causes of encroachment in the reserved forest areas in different states has observed that the encroachers have
After trekking along an elephant trail in the Congo basin, US secretary of state Colin Powell talked into the night with the President of Gabon about the country's commitment to preserve its lush
The Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) is facing severe criticism over "selective" clear-felling of trees in the rich Vidarbha forests. The corporation's decision, ironically, comes
