The Forest Department of Nagaland has been providing cooking gas connections to villagers to stop deforestation in the state.

The state government on Monday decided to constitute a high-powered committee comprising secretaries of land reforms and revenue, mines and forest departments to resolve the problems faced by publi

Construction of the international airport in Navi Mumbai is set for further delay as a high- level Environment Ministry panel has sought more details from the project proponents about the forest ar

Indiscriminate felling of trees, poaching and unplanned development were creating problems for Nagaland, which was the face of climate change in the State, Environment and Wildlife Minister Y Patto

When displaced by development projects, many migrate to cities as servants, some are lured into prostitution

JIPMER goes on tree-plantation drive in campus

Finally, a diversification policy is in place with maize and cotton to be targeted as focus crops to help reduce the area under paddy cultivation.

Trees Are Being Used As Supports For Rigging Tents, Poles To Hang Wires And Free Advertising Spaces. TOI Assesses Damage

The Supreme Court’s decision to let gram sabhas decide the fate of Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mining project will make it difficult for the government to divert forestland for industry without the con

Carbon credit system paying rich dividends to farmers too

In a silent afforestation campaign, a private company has successfully raised more than a million trees on private lands in five districts in the State and recorded a survival rate of 90 per cent. Giving details to The Hindu about the successful planting of saplings and raising them to trees, A. Joseph Rexon, Director, TIST Tree Planting India programme, said it was started in Kancheepuram district with six farmers in 2003.