Women help conserve Thekkady forest
For the first time in the history of forest conservation, women who live in the fringe areas of Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Thekkady, Kerala, have rendered their service without anything in
For the first time in the history of forest conservation, women who live in the fringe areas of Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Thekkady, Kerala, have rendered their service without anything in
The road widening projects of the PWD, Jammu, seem to be casting their shadows on the green gold, with much of the plantation being destroyed in the bid to widen roads and case congestion. JDA, when
The report that the proposed beautification drive with widening of raods launched by the Jammu and Kashmir government, a commendable move as such, has some standing trees as the casualty, is indeed
Though Karnataka ranks fourth among all states and union territories in respect of area under tree cover, the total forest cover has increased marginally in the state, according to the latest State
The Minister for Forests and Environment, Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Sofi announced that a bill would be introduced to amend the Conservation of Forest Act in coming session to make the
The Andhra Pradesh government has provided the forest department with modern equipment to protect forest lands from illegal occupation, said Proddutur divisional forest officer P Uday Sankar.
Some years ago when a worldwide survey adjudged Islamabad as the greenest national capital in the world, the authorities in Gandhinagar started counting the number of trees in Gujarat's capital city.
The gult created in the domestic market due to unrestricted import of timber under the WTO agreement may prove a boon for the state's fast depleting forest reserves. With the prices of various
From a ban on burning oil lamps near it to regular use of pesticides, a team of scientists has suggested a slew of measures to protect the holy tree at Buddha's birthplace from a certain death. The
Delhi is turning greener. Several years of extensive tree plantation drives across the Capital seem finally to have paid off with the forest cover increasing from 5.9 per cent in 1999 to 7.5 per cent
The Himachal government has urged the Centre not to insist on the withdrawal of the notification vide which it had excluded certain categories of wasteland from the notified forest areas in
Plants and trees in Ram Bagh, which was constructed on the pattern of Lahore's famous Gulmargh Bagh, are facing threat to their existance even as an ancient Pipal tree got damaged as garbage was
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa denied charges that the poor would not benefit from the Government's Wasteland Reclamation Project. Responding to the apprehensions of CPI leader Palanichamy
Trees outisde forests in West Bengal still have no protection and there is no law to punish people who fell them at will. But if the government goes by a high court directive, that will a thing of
The West Bengal Government through its counsel submitted a draft Bill, called the West Bengal Trees (Protection and Conservation in Non-forest Areas) Act 2003, before the Division Bench of the Chief
Minister for forests Ch Ayyanna Patrudu has announced closure of 1,000-odd unviable Vana samrakshana samitis (VSSs0 since they failed to achieve targets. He also announced cancellation of licences of
Less-affluent farmers too can participate in the Wasteland Development Porgramme, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, told the Assembly today.The farmers could organise themselves as selfhelp groups
At least 24 trees in Navy Nagar (Mumbai) have been illegally hacked to make way for a swimming pool. The trees, reported to be both small and large ones, were located in the military parade ground
The tulip garden at Keukenhoff in Holland or the rain forests in South-East Asia may no longer remain attractive destinations for the people of Gujarat by next year. As after zoo, the Surat Municipal
The draft Assam Forest Policy 2002 was today submitted to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Minister of State for Forests Pradyut Bordoloi by the expert committee. The committee was constituted by the