By Mongabay.com Residents of two villages in the Indian state of Goa have petitioned the environment ministry for their villages to be recognized as “eco-sensitive areas.” The residents want their ...

As many as 100 villages located in the forested regions of Odisha are set to receive funds directly in their own bank accounts to carry out forest protection, management and convergence works in ...

and granted recognition of forest rights under the Act for villages in the Dodra Kwar area. The villages include Jakha, Kitwada, Jiskun, Dhandwari,... The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh ...

The tiger strayed into village Nagenabad in the South 24 Parganas district bordering the reserved forest area of the Sunderban delta and mauled a forest department staffer ...

After the Maoist encounter in the Bijapur forest area in Chhattisgarh, security has been tightened, and combing operations have intensified in the Maoi ...