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Rajahmundry: Mangroves felling poses threat
Villagers clear mangrove forest to take up aqua culture. Rajahmundry: The illegal felling of mangrove forests has become rampant, with villagers are clearing forested areas to take up aquaculture, which
Forests
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State wants 4.98L ha dropped from deemed forest list
The state Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for filing an affidavit before the Supreme Court, seeking that 4.98 lakh hectares be dropped from the deemed forest classification. Briefing reporters
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NGT notice to Centre on plea against tree felling in Aravallis
A former army man has moved the National Green Tribunal against the Haryana government's sanction to chop trees in the eco-sensitive Aravalli Hills prompting the green panel to seek a response from the
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45,000 trees axed in haste to beat green tribunal ban
The cutting of trees in various regions of the state for road-widening projects took place ruthlessly last week just ahead of June 17, the day when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban on tree cutting
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Coconut cannot be State tree: Rajendra Kerkar
Environmentalist and member of the National Wildlife Board (NWB), Rajendra Kerkar, has strongly objected to BJP-led coalition government’s decision to declare Coconut as State Tree, stating that ‘Matti
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Delhi Environment Minister sets goal of planting a million saplings
Delhi Forest Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday directed officials to achieve the target of planting one million saplings across the national capital this year to increase the green cover. "Since pre-monsoon
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Newly discovered spider species of Western Ghats
Save for the few cobwebs that lurk in the corners of my home, my encounters with spiders were limited. This was until the weekend I spent at a wilderness camp a while ago. Here, by evening, the bathroom
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Coconut palm to conferred state tree status soon: Manohar Parrikar
PANAJI: The coconut palm, which was controversially shorn off its tree status in Goa last year, may well become a tree, in fact a state tree, a few months from now, said Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
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Rs 106 cr afforestation, Rs 71 cr Wildlife Protection Plan approved
CS chairs Steering Committee meeting of CAMPA Chief Secretary, B B Vyas today chaired the 14th Steering Committee meeting of the State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority
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Authorities cut 100 trees on MG Road while CM gives out message to plant trees
GURUGRAM: While chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar was telling Gurgaonites to plant trees at the inauguration of a 100-acre nature camp in Gurgaon, 100 trees were being chopped off on MG Road on Saturday.