<p>Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwar Devasthanam Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 18/03/2024.</p> <p>The matter related to 3009.84 acres of land situated
The first phase of the 'Green Kurukshetra' campaign, launched by the local Geeta Niketan residential Senior Secondary School, was inaugurated by the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Abhilaksh Likhi, by
One week after it reopened, the west entrance to Glacier National Park was closed again to visitors because of a spreading wildfire. Another round of evacuations was ordered. High winds and hot
Forest fies in the mountains of southern Portugal raged out of control Tuesday, as more villagers were evacuated. Hundreds of people have already been evacuated from homes threatened by fast-moving
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has agreed to fund a Rs 299 crore project on development of natural resources in the forest areas of
With the Centre finally rejecting as "illegal" the state's decision to exclude certain categories of wasteland from the notified forest areas, the politically influential beneficiaries of the
Till date, human intervention and pest attacks were blamed for the forest degradation of Orissa, but Cuttack-based Wildlife Society of Orissa has come out with a new logic. "Orissa's forests have
Congress grass and lantana are threatening vegetation in the forest areas of Shivaliks, besides acting as catalysts in case of forest fires. These weeds have reduced the grass cover for the cattle
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav, informed the Lok Sabha that there were 1,38,28,000 hectares of cultivable waste land in the country. Of this, 1,40,000 hectares were
Smoke from fires in tropical forests near coastal reefs can wipe out virtually all coral and fish for hundreds of kilometres (miles), according to research unveiled by Australian scientists.
A major fire suspected to have been created by careless proachers has destroyed over 500 acres of forest land at the Uda Walawe. Forest department officers said that fires are generally started by
