Forest department hamstrung by severe staff shortage

Scientists with the US Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported the first fully integrated nanosystem for artificial photosynthesis. While "artificial leaf" is the popular term for such a system, the key ...

Aquatic life in the Ganga, Yamuna and Ghagra in UP is fast degrading, says a survey by the forest department and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).The forest department, in association with the WWF, initiated the Save Ganga,

Karnataka Bank has joined hands with Karnataka Forest Department for promoting environmental awareness. A press statement by the bank said here that the bank has printed and supplied vi...

The timely action of the forest department has ensured that the 88 small water bodies in the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary are filled to the brim. The tuskers, especially baby elephants, at the sanctuary have enough water to help them cool off even as ...

Golaghat (Assam), May 20 (ANI): Two poachers were arrested over the weekend by forest department officials in Assam's Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary for attempting to poach single-horned rhinoceros.A country-made 303 rifle with a silencer was ...

The Public Works Department (PWD) of the Delhi government illegally felled and damaged 39 trees for a road-widening project in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj. Darpan Singh reports.

In a bid to ensure transparency about proposals under the Forest (Conservation) Act 1980, the Maharashtra forest department has launched its first dedicated website. The website mahafca.com was formally launched on Saturday by state chief secretary Jayant ...

A spotted deer bitten by stray dogs died on Sunday near Tiruttani , about 84km from here, as forest department officials were unable to arrive at the spot on time. Police said farmer Somasundaram of Vanganur village near Tiruttani was woken up in the middle ...

Officials of Delhis forest and public works departments and a group of local residents will carry out an inspection and estimate the actual destruction caused to greenery in Vasant Kunj for a road-widening project. The inspection will be done on Tuesday ...