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 …
Only from the air is it possible to make out the scale of three illegal logging roads which have been carved into Peru’s eastern Amazon, while local authorities in the jungle Ucayali region seemingly turn a blind eye. Huddled in a twin-engine Cessna 402, the Guardian saw as many as …
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Wildlife (MoECCWW) has taken a firm stance to suspend the issuing of permits for felling trees across the country, with immediate effect, "unless in exceptional cases". It has also issued a stern warning to all those involved in the chain of actors, …
Police investigating suspected environmental scams swoop on state officials and businessmen in Amazon area known for woods used in furniture and decking The raids began at dawn as the sun rose over the Tapajós river and more than 100 police swooped on a dozen locations in the most sophisticated operation …
Northern Dien Bien Province has lost 22,000ha of forest because of illegal logging, and the loss is expected to increase as forest rangers admit they cannot stop illegal logging. Figures indicate that forest areas in the province's Muong Nhe District has fallen to 72,000ha as of December last year, from …
China lodges diplomatic protest after court issues harsh punishments in crackdown on illegal timber trade along border China has lodged a diplomatic protest with Burma after a court sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life imprisonment for illegal logging. China’s voracious demand for raw materials has fuelled resentment in Burma towards …
Efforts to address illegal logging and reduce the trade in illegal timber have borne fruit and prompted some positive reforms in producer countries. However, changes in the sector mean overall trade has not fallen in the last decade. China is now the world’s largest importer and consumer of wood-based products, …
In April, scores of hillside homes in Fraswad and Shalnand villages in Jammu and Kashmir collapsed in a landslide amid heavy rains. Eighteen people died. Not long ago, those same sloping hills had been covered in forest. But illegal tree harvesting by timber smugglers denuded the area, making it ripe …
THOSE acquiring timber from forests to sell must have licences or face a maximum fine of $5000, says North forestry officer Lasiasa Kuritani. Speaking at the Seaqaqa advisory councillors meeting last week Mr Kuritani said the problem of illegal logging was rife in the Seaqaqa area. Mr Kuritani encouraged advisory …
ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Minister Mushahidullah Khan on Thursday visited the injured forest officials who were thrashed by timber smugglers in Kallar Syedan forests a few days ago. The minister called for “a nationwide fight against foes of the forests, who are illegally gulping forests for their economic gain without caring …
More than 400 illegally set saw mills in Sylhet region have been running their trade due to absence of proper monitoring by the lawmen as well as by the Forest Department. Almost all these are fully dependent on the logs, felled by miscreants from the government-owned forests and smuggled timbers, …
China has investigated or prosecuted over 2,100 officials for environment-related crimes in the past 16 months. The officials were suspected of bribery or dereliction of duty regarding environmental issues and accidents, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) spokesperson Xiao Wei said at a press briefing. From January 2014 to the end …
LANDI KOTAL: With the rehabilitation activity gaining momentum in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency, the forests in the picturesque area face serious threat owing to cutting of trees by local residents both for reconstruction of their damaged houses and smuggling the precious timber to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces. A …
Hyderabad: The United Nations has decided to address the concerns of unsustainable exploitation and consumption of natural resources through this year’s theme of ‘Seven billion dreams. One planet. Consume with care’, for World Environment Day on June 5. However, sustainable consumption of natural resources does not seem to be in …
Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest logging companies are systematically violating national laws to plunder Congo's forests, undermining efforts to protect the world's second largest rainforest, a campaign group said on Wednesday. London-based Global Witness said in a report that none of Congo's 87 million euros ($97 million) of timber production …
BHUBANESWAR: Timber smuggling is rampant in sal and teak-rich Baripada forest division. In the last three years, 205 smuggling cases have been reported from the division. Despite strict vigil by plain clothes forest officers in the eight ranges under the division, the smugglers manage to enter the forest and saw …
ISLAMABAD: Forests being cut in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir territory by the timber mafia will bring the looming water crisis in the region nearer, warned an official of the territory. “Every year the criminal activity adds 5,000 acres of barren land to the 500,000 acres already denuded of trees,” …
For decades, illegal loggers have been hacking away at the forests of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan while facing few penalties. But that is now changing as local people, armed with new powers to confront and fine illegal loggers, and to oust problematic local officials, fight back. In Diamer, one of …
Green cover shrinks as corrupt foresters join hands with timber mafia The forest cover in Assam is under threat as timber smuggling at the behest of a section of corrupt forest officials and guards, continues unabated in different parts of the State. The illegal trade has flourished despite a Supreme …
There was no good news for Odisha in the latest national tiger population report released in New Delhi on Tuesday. The report, released by Union environment, forest and climate change minister Prakash Javadekar, estimated 30.5% increase in tiger population from 1,706 in 2010 to 2,226 by 2014. Odisha, which once …
Chittagong Burau :Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard in a drive seized a truck with 600 cubic feet of timber from Balirhat area under Chandgaon thana early Saturday morning. According to Coastguard source, acting on a tip-off, a team of coastguard conducted a drive at Balirhat area and seized a truck …
