NEW DELHI: On February 3 this year, the Supreme Court issued an interim order restraining the Central and state governments from cutting down forest areas if there is no provision of compensatory ...

A major wildfire broke out in the Cherwan forest area in Jammu-Kashmir's Ganderbal district. Visuals showed that large swathes of forest area were completely engulfed by the blaze. Volunteers and ...

The construction of the Morand-Ganjal Irrigation Project in Madhya Pradesh will lead to the submersion of the forested areas used by tigers to move between reserves, the National Tiger ...

To investigate this question, we worked together with Peruvian colleagues to take advantage of a unique opportunity to quantify changes in forest understory birds in areas where logged and cleared ...

However, in areas with human settlements or private land, the zone would be limited to just 1 km, ensuring that locals and farmers face no inconvenience. As per the Ministry of Forest, Environment ...

the decline in dense natural forest cover is overshadowed by the increasing plantation area and the data on legal forest area are inconsistent. With enhanced imagery and advanced methods available, ...

What if the forest is too far to travel? Created with Sketch. While some 85 percent of us live in suburban and urban areas, we can still get benefits by visiting a city park. The shades of green ...

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Forests on the west slope of the northern Sierra face heavy development pressure due to access to major urban highways (US 50 and Interstate 80). Priority areas where forested areas are at risk are ...

Mr. Naik highlighted plans to increase Maharashtra's forest cover from the current 21% to 30% of the total geographical area, as mandated by the Central Government. Meanwhile, the state Forest ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A man from central Illinois has been charged with raping and strangling a woman who was found dead in a south suburban forest preserve in 2020. Dakota Petrey, 30, has been charged ...