Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
The Department of Forest is apparently depleting the Madhupur Sal Forest through implementation of different donor-funded afforestation projects, which mainly plant exotic trees of commercial value. The majority of the donor-funded projects in the past or the projects the government and development partners plan to implement shortly are about planting …
BHUBANESWAR: Timber mafias and poachers were out to plunder forest resources in absence of surveillance teams in the aftermath of naxal attack on government establishments in famous Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) in Mayurbhanj district. Since March 28 this year, Forest Department officials have deserted their duty posts apprehending attack by …
SHILLONG: The Congress-led KHADC Executive Committee (EC) has set up an independent inquiry committee (IAC), headed by the Council Court Additional Judge S Kharsyiemlieh, to investigate the reported involvement of its senior employees in smuggling of timber from the forest areas under the jurisdiction of the Council. Sources on Thursday …
KOCHI: After ivory, ganja and sandalwood, the smugglers are now madly after King Cobra and other venomous snakes in the forests as 10 ml venom of a King Cobra would fetch crores of rupees in the international black market. The smuggling of snake venom had come to light after the …
The Wildlife Conservation Department says that the elephant which received gunshot injuries when illicit timber fellers shot at the animal which was trying to obstruct the miscreants in a very strange manner had died. The carcass of the elephant has been found in the waters of the Katukeliyawa Wewa. The …
When certain parts of the State are reeling under floods, some other areas are cashing in on the rising waters by conducting guided tours for local tourists as well as for backpackers from outside the State. Flood tours or flood tourism, a new concept in the State, has ushered in …
Taking the matter of growing pressure on forest resource seriously priority on scientific management in letter and spirit should be given and sustainable use of forest products without affecting forest health is the need of the hour. Referring to the depletion of forest cover, a forest source was of the …
The Forest Act 1927 is being revised because of the realisation that it has become redundant, and is actually helpful in timber theft and deforestation. Officials said on Saturday the law was framed for regulating forests all over India. It was adopted as it is after the creation of Pakistan …
KOKRAJHAR, June 21: The Department of Forest on Saturday morning seized a good quantity of smuggled valuable timbers from the house of one Sahidul Hoque, at Hasraobari under Dhaligaon PS in Chirang district. According to the sources, the department seized 350 cft which may cost upto 2.5 lakh. The valuable …
Three problems have made the world's largest mangrove forest the Sundrbans have become unprotected. The problems are necessary manpower to guard the home of world famous Royal Bengal tiger, maximum number of water vessels of the forest are not in shape and dearth of fuel has put the officers and …
BAIHATA CHARIALI, June 18: The Forest Department seized a huge amount of timer yesterday morning at 3 am at Baihata Chariali which was illegally transported in a truck. According to a source, Dalgaon Forest Beat officer Samsul Haque and a team, acting on a secret information seized the timber from …
Truck used to smuggle deodar; policemen acquitted on april 22, the conservator of forests, Mandi district, ordered the confiscation of a police vehicle used to smuggle deodar wood seven years ago. The police truck registered in the name of Mandi
The timber mafia, in connivance with criminal elements in Swat and Malakand area, is cutting trees at "free will" to foster deforestation in the country. This was stated by the global vice president and regional councillor of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Javed Jabbar while briefing the media …
Organised crime syndicates are eyeing the nascent forest carbon credit industry as a potentially lucrative new opportunity for fraud, an Interpol environmental crime official said on Friday. Peter Younger, an environmental crimes specialist at the world's largest international police agency, was referring to a UN-backed scheme called reducing emissions from …
Reserve forests in coastal areas of Patuakhali, especially in Kalapara and Galachipa upazilas, are gradually disappearing as organised gangs are stealing away timber allegedly in connivance with a section of forest department staff and law enforcers. Besides, a large number of trees are dying due to unknown diseases allegedly caused …
Reserve forests in coastal areas of Patuakhali, especially in Kalapara and Galachipa upazilas, are gradually disappearing as organised gangs are stealing away timber allegedly in connivance with a section of forest department staff and law enforcers. Besides, a large number of trees are dying due to unknown diseases allegedly caused …
A logging operation planned by Asia's biggest pulp producer in Indonesia's Sumatra island threatens the habitat of rare orangutans, tigers and elephants, a joint report by five conservation groups said on Tuesday. A license has been given to a joint venture between Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and the Sinar …
