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India rises to 9th spot globally in forest area, retains 3rd position...
The FAO report said the world's total forest area stands at 4.14 billion hectares, covering 32 per cent of the planet's land.
54 tonnes of plastics waste removed from forest areas across TN
20 July 2025 10:25 PM ISTAs per the compiled data, over 54.5 tonnes of plastics waste were collected across 46 forest divisions on Saturday with the active participation of...
Forest area encroached in 25 states, UTs; 10 states yet to submit data...
1 April 2025 11:23 AM ISTIn April last year, the NGT had directed the ministry to compile the details of encroachment of forest areas in all states and Union Territories in a...
Kerala CM directs planning of special measures to prevent wildlife...
28 Feb 2025 10:00 AM ISTThe directive was issued in a high-level meeting held here on Thursday and chaired by the CM to review the measures being taken to deal with the...
Major fire breaks out in forest area near Ooty
19 Feb 2025 1:54 PM ISTForest department officials are actively working to extinguish the fire.
Injured jumbo tranquilised, shifted to rehabilitation centre in Kerala
19 Feb 2025 1:30 PM ISTThe jumbo was spotted moving with another tusker, and it was darted after the other elephant was driven away, forest officials said.
No steps to be taken by Centre, states to reduce forest cover: SC
3 Feb 2025 9:00 PM ISTA bench of Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran was hearing a batch of petitions against the amendments to the 2023 forest conservation law.