Use of firewood in kilns threatens eco-balance
The indiscriminate felling of trees for use as firewood in the brickfields has been affecting the environment in Panchagrah district (Bangladesh). A large number of brickfields have been set up in
The indiscriminate felling of trees for use as firewood in the brickfields has been affecting the environment in Panchagrah district (Bangladesh). A large number of brickfields have been set up in
A fire broke out in the Western Ghats, barely a km away from the newly built Adavi Nainar dam at Mekkarai near the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, endangering fauna and flora. Though the cause is yet to be
Members of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Janata Dal (U), and Janata Dal (S) staged a walkout in the Legislative Assembly on Monday when the Karnataka Government refused to give assurance on
Guwahati will be hosting the first-ever international bamboo festival and technical meet next week where top international experts will discuss how to make better use of bamboo. The raw stock of
Customs officials have seized logs of a rare tree worth Rs 1.3 crore, which were to be smuggled to Singapore from the port town, and arrested two persons in this connection, officials said on
Even as the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation of a new capital at Mandir Hasaud near Raipur in Chhattisgarh, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Dilip Singh Ju Dev,
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has complained to the Oshiwara police against the Pataliputra cooperative housing society, whose members include senior IAS officers. Municipal
The combined opposition in the Legislative Assembly today failed to get an assurance from the Forest Minister that the Karnataka Government would not evict encroachers of forest land and also
The Assam Forest Department and the Regional Centre National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board (NAEB) organised a four days training at Assam Forest School, Jalukbari from January 26 to March 1
Nearly 250 fully grown eucalyptus trees were felled on Airport Road-Intermediate Ring Road junction in Domlur in a late night operation by the Bangalore Development Authority. The trees were cut to
A massive fire engulfed around 300 hectares of forest area in the Paniya range of Gir forest (Gujarat). The fire was brought under control after battling for nearly 12 hours, fire officers at
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has called upon the people to take up afforestation programme to ensure adequate rainfall during monsoon. She was inaugurating various welfare schemes to the
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has called upon the people to take up afforestation programme to ensure adequate rainfall during monsoon. She was inaugurating various welfare schemes to the
Sikkim has recorded a area of the state, a report published by the government report PTI. There was a net increase of 479 sq. Km in forest cover till 1997- which amounted to 6.75 per cent of the
Noor Shah (Pakistan) police have registered timber theft case against five people and arrested a forest guard and a contractor. Forest guard Nadim Tariq and contractor Meharban Ali allegedly sold
The members in the Rajasthan Assembly sought protection to the Adivasi settlers in the State's forests and asked the Government to expedite their identification through physical verification of their
The Karnataka government should ensure that Dalits are protected as per their constitutional rights, Minister for Forests and Environment K H Ranganath said.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) today said that despite having rich potential of bamboo-based industries, and the standing Supreme Court ban on forest products
The Assam Govt has taken a serious view regarding the peculiar type of extremist activity, going on inside the reserve forest areas of the state. The matter is more serious in Karbi Anglong district.
The Rajasthan BJP President, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, has asked the Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, to protect the forests by bringing in more stringent legislation. The forests were destroyed in