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TMC MP pushes for stricter wildlife protection laws

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

U’khand lost 2,400 hectares of forest land in 6 years

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.

India’s forest and tree cover up by 1,445 sq km

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.