Hundreds of acres of forest set afire near Byndoor
It has been reported that hundreds of acres of land in the Ambikan forest area in Byndoor assembly constituency limits, (Karnataka), has been set afire by some vested interests with an ulterior
It has been reported that hundreds of acres of land in the Ambikan forest area in Byndoor assembly constituency limits, (Karnataka), has been set afire by some vested interests with an ulterior
Trees, worth lakhs of rupees, were gutted in a forest fire which broke out in Dehra Dun (Uttaranchal) even as an alert has been sounded in vulnerable areas officials said. Some forest areas were
After successive droughts, when Madhya Pradesh continues to confront the acute problem of rapidly depleting water table, coupled with massive population pressure on the forest cover, the State
Finding new homes for trees, which come in the way of development, Isn't as easy as it sounds. In fact, the Union environment ministry feels Delhi and other civic authorities have done such a
The AICC president, Sonia Gandhi, will launch a special campaign in Madhya Pradesh for distributing net profit through sale of teak and bamboo to forest dwellers across the
The Bilaspur police has arrested a khair wood contractor, Geeta Ram, and four truck drivers Rattan Lal, Ramesh Chand, Piar Singh and Suresh Kumar were arrested at a police "naka' at Kandraur Bridge.
A forest fire has been noticed at the Shettihalli reserved forest area, two kilometres from Chinmane village on the Shimoga-Hosanagar road in Shimoga district of
The Union Government has sanctioned Rs 68 crore to the eight north-eastern States during the past three years for modernising the forest protection force, forest protection system and strengthening
The Youth Welfare Society for the Protection of Forests, Upper Dir, (Pakistan) has asked the provincial government to amend the NWFP Forest Ordinance, 2002, as it was promulgated without consulting
Natural gas supply to Mingora and Saidu Sharif (Pakistan) will help to protect rapidly vanishing forest resources in Swat valley, according to forest department officials. The locals get fuel-wood
On an autumn morning last year Kashmiris in Lamnian, 60km south of Muzafarrabad (Pakistan) , watched in horror as an ambulance skidded off the road and plunged into a field. Horror turned to
Sonia Gandhi addressed a rally in Mandla, attended mainly by tribals, where she showered praises on the Digvijay Singh government for being the first in the country to grant tribals the right to
Greenery in the Chennai city has never had it so bad. Nearly three weeks after the Forest department formally handed over 35,000 saplings to the Chennai Corporation as part of the second phase of the
A division bench of Balochistan High Court (Pakistan) directed the provincial government to adopt strict measures to ensure protection of forests in Mehargarh area. The bench comprising Chief
The forest cover witnessed a gradual increase in recent times in majority of the states, the Director General of Union Forest Ministry M K Sharma said. Sharma, on a two-day trip to Tripura, told that
Adopt a tree and reap benefits! The Forest Department's latest drive to enlist support for the tree adoption or Tree Patta Scheme has met with a fair amount of success. Already, more than 25,000
The Centre has decided that "compensatory afforestation' would be carried out in 20.028 hectares of "degraded land' in the protected forest area of Laddowal near Ludhiana. The decision was taken in a
The Paharpur Business Centre (PBC) has accused the DDA of causing the starvation of nearly 2,000 trees in the Capital's Nehru Place Greens. The PBC has alleged the trees that were planted by the
In a major reversalof policy, the Madhya Pradesh state government has decided to de-nationalise all minor forest produce, barring tendu patta, sal seeds and kullu gond. The state government would no
The Department of Forests in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh is ready to meet the threat of forest fires in view of the summer season. Pine trees of the district are known all over world and the total