<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
Much of the adverse criticism by Opposition parties on the Waste Land Development Programme of the Tamil Nadu State Government is unfounded. While the Opposition parties have accused the government
The Indian Institute of Technology campus has been attracting several migratory bird species this year, but a move to remove dead trees on the campus could affect the nesting site. A meeting convened
The Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan, has alleged that some top leaders of the ruling UDF are making efforts to protect the 'sandal mafia' who masterminded the looting of the strong room
Indonesia's timber industry is booming, good news for a country suffering widespread unemployment and mired in economic stagnation. There is a dark side, however: Nearly all the sawmills operate
Armed MCC Naxaliters attacked a group of villagers collecting firewood from the Chumba forests in Hazaribad (Jharkhand). Six villagers were killed in the incident and 10 others seriously injured. Two
Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh sought to emulate a policy to protect 'genuine' adivasis living on forest fighting a different battle of its own - one of saving the fast
Notwithstanding substantial budget every successive year, the Forest Department of the Himachal Pradesh government appears to have failed to achieve any thing significant on the ground for the
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed that work on two buildings in the green belt beside the famed Dal Lake should be immediately stopped. The division bench of the high court comprising Justice
The Kerala state forest department is framing a new policy aimed at giving the fringe population a considerable role in forest management. Conceived as part of the Centre's newly-mooted Forest
The Tamil Nadu forest department has ordered uprooting of 79 sandalwood trees on what is commonly referred to as the Forest college campus, housing the State Forest Rangers college and the Institute
