Affidavit by the state of Goa in the matter of news item titled "India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000 global forest watch" appearing in the Indian Express dated April 13, 2024. As per the State of Forests Report of 2023, the total forest cover in Goa …
Residents of Maina, Cavrem, Pirla and adjoining villages of Quepem taluka on Saturday vehemently opposed the public hearing of two proposed mines and managed to get the public hearing of one proposed mine cancelled on technical grounds. The Goa Pollution Control Board (GPCB) had fixed three public hearings at the …
While the forest department in the state is busy organising Vanamahotsava programmes on a big scale, officials at the forest department at Kalay village allegedly went on tree cutting spree early Thursday morning. Sources told Herald that the three officials attached to the Kalay Range of the Forest Department entered …