Himachal to seek release of Rs.277 crore afforestation fund

As per India State of Forest Report, 2011, the forest cover of India is 6,92,027 Km2. The details of forest cover, state-wise are given below :- State/UT Geographical Area 2011 Assessment Very Dense Forest Mod. Dense Forest Open Forest ...

The Supreme Court has strongly endorsed the role of the gram sabhas as democratic decision-making fora on issues of individual, community and cultural rights of tribals and traditional forest dwellers. Its recent ruling in the Niyamgiri bauxite ...

This is a challenging time in India's development history where a number of tenets of environmental governance are being questioned by the imperative of growth. Environmental governance in India is under assault, and is thus in need of both fresh ...

Himachal Pradesh's forest department is engaged in a massive project to remove lantana, an exotic flowering shrub that threatens the state's biodiversity, and re-greening the hills with fast-growing native flora, foresters said. Lantana's tentacles ...

The contentious issue of notifying buffer areas around tiger reserves came under sharp debate when the Supreme Court issued interim directions to stop tourism in core or Critical Tiger Habitats (CTHs) and notify buffer areas. However, after the ...

Ranchi, April 17: Governor Syed Ahmed today seized the forum offered by the eastern zonal council meeting to raise important issues right from settlement of assets and liabilities to acquiring land for water supply with neighbours Bihar and Bengal.

s posted comments on this article TNN | Apr 18, 2013, 07.06 AM IST RELATED RANCHI : Jharkhand has asked the Union ministry of road transport and highways to take up widening of roads from the state border to sea port in Odisha for easy ...

New Delhi, Apr 5 (IBNS) Following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address at the International Workshop on Green National Accounting for India in New Delhi on Friday: I am delighted to join you on this occasion of this Workshop on ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday stressed the need for a course correction in India's development model saying it has to be environment-friendly and one that uses scarce resources optimally, both from economic growth and sustainability ...