The North East region of India is a treasure trove of biodiversity, boasting some of the richest wildlife sanctuaries in the ...

In Maharashtra's Western Ghats, Archana Godbole and Jayant Sarnaik's AERF safeguards 13,000 acres of private forest through ...

Setting up the world’s biggest giant tropical forest reserve in the Congo Basin is a step towards conserving the area and ...

Sitting deep in east Indonesia's lush jungle, Bokum, one of the country's last isolated hunter-gatherers, "This is our ...

In 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions The criteria for this choice were many The bird must be welldis ...

Why Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) is relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as ...

Bhubaneswar: In a landmark decision for conservation in eastern India, the Odisha government has officially declared Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR ... issued by the Forest, Environment and Climate ...

Of this, a little over 32,000 hectares are reserve forests, 48,394 hectares are protected forests, and 5,379 hectares fall within sanctuaries and protected areas. The total forest loss in the ...

At least one aspect of India’s answer comes in the form of new tiger reserves, with the government rapidly expanding its network of protected ... problem for India’s forest officials is ...

Pune: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has begun a study on fauna within protected forest areas of western ... covered the country's tiger reserves, collecting data on big cats and other ...

Mr Akoijam asked four questions: the district-wise details of total areas of reserved forest, protected forest and unclassified forest in Manipur; the total district-wise area covered by poppy ...