The Union government has responded positively today to Trinamul Congress MP June Maliah, who raised serious concerns in Parliament over the twin threats to India’s wildlife: rampant poaching and large-scale destruction of forest habitats
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has emphasized the importance of supportive policies such as the ban on single-use plastics in achieving sustainable environmental goals.
The forest department launched a comprehensive rhino census at Jaldapara National Park this morning, aiming to assess the population of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros.
A leopard had entered Patlakhawa village, under Cooch Behar block II on Tuesday, causing panic among locals. The big cat, reportedly hunting for goats, was chased away by the villagers.
The Uttarakhand government has been claiming that it was able to free more than 5,000 acres of its land from encroachments even as the forest department claimed that more than 2,400 hectares of its land was encroached in the last six years.
Jharkhand hosted a state-level workshop on “Assessing Vulnerability and Climate Risks” in Ranchi, bringing together policymakers, scientists, and experts to address the state’s climate challenges.
The Royal Bengal Tiger of Maipith in South 24-Parganas playing hide and seek, has finally been captured and caged and released in forest.
District Enforcement Branch (DEB) of Birbhum district police has seized huge quantities of explosives from an abandoned house in Hastikadi Forest area under Rampurhat police station.
India's forest and tree cover has increased by 1,445 square kilometers between 2021 and 2023, according to the biennial India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 unveiled by Union Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav in Dehradun on Saturday.
As compared to assessment of 2021, there is an increase of 1445 sq km in the forest and tree cover of the country which includes 156 sq km increase in the forest cover and 1289 sq km in tree cover.
