Smoke haze shrouds Marina Bay area in Singapore

SYDNEY Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodias famed Angkor Wat temples complex. The discovery was announced late Monday in a peer-reviewed paper released ...

SINGAPORE: Air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia rose to unhealthy levels yesterday thanks to illegal forest clearing in Indonesia, prompting Singapore to advise people against staying outdoors for long and to urge Indonesia to do something to ...

Two days are long in politics. On Saturday, Minister for Forest and Environment B. Ramanath Rai was completely opposed to any effort to divert the Netravati River, which entails felling thousands of trees in the Western Ghats. On Monday, the ...

Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray said more than three crore saplings will be distributed free of cost across the State as a part of an afforestation policy of the State Government. Routray was speaking at the State level workshop ...

Colorado's Black Forest fire is the most destructive forest fire in the state's history. In a fire that has so far claimed more than 400 structures and two lives, some homeowners have an extra layer of protection: private firefighters called in ...

Colorado Springs, Colorado (CNN) -- As hundreds of firefighters began to get the upper hand on a huge blaze near Colorado Springs, Colorado, investigators stepped up their probe into the cause of the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.

The MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, along with SICOM (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India), has organised a 21-day training programme on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) from June 17 to July 7. The inaugural ...

The revenue department of Manipur government is probing the alleged illegal sale of a 160-acre reserve forest plot to the Assam Rifles, which had allegedly shelled out Rs 67 lakh in 2005 for the land and is yet to get possession. The matter came to light when ...

A contingent of 36 women has joined the forest department as officers, the largest ever in state history. The women have joined as either assistant conservators or range forest officers. These 36 are among the 115 candidates selected after an examination ...