KENDRAPARA: The Irrigation department cleared large amount of mangrove forest areas for road widening work in Suniti and Jamboo gram panchayats around Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and Maharashtra government after ...

“We were powerless, like children.” Ghoramara Island, India, on the western edge of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, has been robbed of its protective mangroves by tree cutting and sea-level ...

It is spread over 32.78 hectares of flat land like a mangrove forest, which is a unique feature, the statement said. The statement added that it was essential for people to learn about this ...

"We also seized four billhooks, one crowbar, and ten deep traps," said Manas Das, assistant conservator of forest (ACF ... National Park is home to 82 mangrove species and their sub-species.

KENDRAPARA: Forest officials seized five quintals of roots and stems of a mangrove species during a raid in Bhitarkanika National Park on Monday, arresting five smugglers during the operation.

A short play featuring two students showed the interaction between a mangrove delta and its apex predator. It was part of a fest in the Sunderbans last week. The students were from 18 schools — all on ...

The Pichavaram Mangrove Forest, one of the largest in the world ... church is a spiritual beacon by the southernmost tip of India. Comparisons with South Africa As a Tamilian living in South ...

As authorities issued an advisory in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to prepare for the looming risk of forest fires, data shows that in the past five fire seasons alone, India has reported a ...

When the Asian tsunami washed over several Indian Ocean Rim countries on Boxing Day 2004, it left a trail of destruction in its wake, including a death toll that touched 230,000.

Diverse mangrove and low-lying tropical rainforest communities including coastal forests, took over. “The absence of large herbivores due to the dinosaur die-offs on the Indian Plate allowed ...

As per officials of the forest department, inland mangroves are rare and have been reported from only eight locations across the globe till date. The Guneri inland mangrove site is the last remains of ...