State governments can now lease degraded forest land to private players based on a Detailed Project Report (DPR) without the previously mandatory approval under Forest Conservation Act. The guidelines ...

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Once common sights in their natural habitats, several Indian animals are now classified as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. Conservationists warn that time is running out. Critically ...

These groves, or orans, are crucial community lands. Marchers say their allocation to renewable energy companies can destroy local economies and ecologies.

Jaisalmer: Kicking off "eco-tourism" in Desert National Park (DNP), the forest department has started a camel and camel cart ...

One of the strangest images to emerge in the age of social media is that of young men from NCR and Haryana dancing half-naked on snow-covered mountains. It makes you wonder what kind of rush comes ...

During Zero Hour in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Independent MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati raised serious concerns over the large-scale felling of Khejri trees in western Rajasthan ...

Virginia State Parks announced that it was calling on all nature lovers and bird enthusiasts to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) taking place from Feb 13 through Feb. 16. Officials ...

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The bustard - the world's heaviest flying bird - has been Wiltshire's county emblem since Wiltshire Council was established in 2009. Having been hunted to extinction in the 19th century the species ...