Page 3 - Forest Land

India's forest cover up 5,188 sq km in 2 years, Northeast bucks the trend

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the current assessment shows a decrease of forest cover to the extent of 765 sq km in north east India region

Mumbaikars providing ready-to-grow seed balls to check depletion of forest

Chitra Chauhan set up Beej Box (BB), a platform that provides 10 seed balls for Rs 100, which need to be chucked in the soil to grow a plant

How exemption of 13 railway projects puts wildlife sanctuaries at risk

The Forest (Conservation) Act of 1980 prohibits the use of any forest land for non-forest activities

Over 15 lakh acres of forest land in India under encroachment

According to data, Madhya Pradesh tops the list with 5.34 lakh acres of forest area under encroachment as of March 2016.

Row over forest land status may snap mining operations in Odisha

The deputy director of mines in respective circles has issued clear instructions to lessees to stop transportation of minerals in case they fail to obtain prior approval of the central government under Forest (Conservation) Act