Say with destruction of the trees, the identity of Goa is at stake; Slam Rohan and Vijai for their silence GUIRIM: Activists, youth and concerned citizens were up in arms against the rampant felling
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change implements a Scheme on Ecolabeling environment-friendly products, covering 14 product categories. The Ecolabel, titled ‘Ecomark’ is granted to proponents
BENGALURU: Successive droughts and depletion of groundwater table in Karnataka has destroyed a whopping 2.28 crore arecanut and coconut trees. "The state has witnessed low rainfall this year too and
Environmentalist and member of the National Wildlife Board (NWB), Rajendra Kerkar, has strongly objected to BJP-led coalition government’s decision to declare Coconut as State Tree, stating that ‘Matti
PANAJI: The coconut palm, which was controversially shorn off its tree status in Goa last year, may well become a tree, in fact a state tree, a few months from now, said Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
MAPUSA: A well-known historian and a group of nature lovers led a chipko movement and held a protest to save 200 coconut trees on a 2 km stretch at Guirim on Monday evening. A group of nature lovers
Panaji: In a significant order, the high court of Bombay at Goa has asked the forest department to file an affidavit on a writ petition filed challenging the controversial 2016 amendment to the Goa Preservation
PANJIM: Goa Coconut Farmers Association welcomed the notification through which the coconut tree has been excluded from the list of forest trees as it will facilitate farmers to cut diseased and unproductive
PANJIM: Continuing its fight over the amendment to the Tree Act classifying the coconut tree as a palm, Green Brigade Group protested at Goa-Velha and Taleigao on Monday. Green Brigade Group coordinator
Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in the tropical Indian state of Goa, where authorities have reclassified them as palms to allow farmers to cut them down more easily. Officials said they
