Pakistan ready to save AJK forests
ISLAMABAD: Forests being cut in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir territory by the timber mafia will bring the looming water crisis in the region nearer, warned an official of the territory. “Every year the
View ArticleTimber smuggling rampant in the forests of Baripada
BHUBANESWAR: Timber smuggling is rampant in sal and teak-rich Baripada forest division. In the last three years, 205 smuggling cases have been reported from the division. Despite strict vigil by plain
View ArticleLogging companies plundering Congo's rainforest: report
Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest logging companies are systematically violating national laws to plunder Congo's forests, undermining efforts to protect the world's second largest rainforest, a...
View ArticleDrive for power plants dents ecology in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: The United Nations has decided to address the concerns of unsustainable exploitation and consumption of natural resources through this year’s theme of ‘Seven billion dreams. One planet. Consume
View ArticleAfter militancy, Tirah faces threat of deforestation
LANDI KOTAL: With the rehabilitation activity gaining momentum in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency, the forests in the picturesque area face serious threat owing to cutting of trees by local residents both
View ArticleChina probes 2,163 officials for environment-related crimes
China has investigated or prosecuted over 2,100 officials for environment-related crimes in the past 16 months. The officials were suspected of bribery or dereliction of duty regarding environmental...
View ArticleOver 400 illegal saw mills operate in Sylhet region
More than 400 illegally set saw mills in Sylhet region have been running their trade due to absence of proper monitoring by the lawmen as well as by the Forest Department. Almost all these are fully...
View ArticleIllegal logging: Minister calls for fighting foes of forests
ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Minister Mushahidullah Khan on Thursday visited the injured forest officials who were thrashed by timber smugglers in Kallar Syedan forests a few days ago. The minister called
View Article$5k fine for illegal act
THOSE acquiring timber from forests to sell must have licences or face a maximum fine of $5000, says North forestry officer Lasiasa Kuritani. Speaking at the Seaqaqa advisory councillors meeting last
View ArticleDeforestation drives worsening flooding in Kashmir
In April, scores of hillside homes in Fraswad and Shalnand villages in Jammu and Kashmir collapsed in a landslide amid heavy rains. Eighteen people died. Not long ago, those same sloping hills had been
View ArticleTackling illegal logging and the related trade: what progress and where next?
Efforts to address illegal logging and reduce the trade in illegal timber have borne fruit and prompted some positive reforms in producer countries. However, changes in the sector mean overall trade has
View ArticleBurma sentences 153 Chinese workers to life imprisonment for illegal logging
China lodges diplomatic protest after court issues harsh punishments in crackdown on illegal timber trade along border China has lodged a diplomatic protest with Burma after a court sentenced 153 Chinese
View ArticleDien Bien loses forests to illegal loggers
Northern Dien Bien Province has lost 22,000ha of forest because of illegal logging, and the loss is expected to increase as forest rangers admit they cannot stop illegal logging. Figures indicate that
View ArticleDawn timber-laundering raids cast doubt on 'sustainable' Brazilian...
Police investigating suspected environmental scams swoop on state officials and businessmen in Amazon area known for woods used in furniture and decking The raids began at dawn as the sun rose over
View ArticleGambia: Protecting Our Forest Cover
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Wildlife (MoECCWW) has taken a firm stance to suspend the issuing of permits for felling trees across the country, with immediate effect, "unless
View ArticleAerial pictures reveal rampant illegal logging in Peru's Amazon forest
Only from the air is it possible to make out the scale of three illegal logging roads which have been carved into Peru’s eastern Amazon, while local authorities in the jungle Ucayali region seemingly turn
View ArticleIllegal logging goes up in protest-hit Tarai districts
Due to poor security and ongoing curfews, illegal logging and firewood collection are going unchecked, district forest officers from Bara, Parsa, Mahottari, Rautahat and Siraha say. Sep 23, 2015- Forest
View ArticleDak Nong seeing heavy deforestation
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has lost 26,000 hectares of forest in the last five years due to a management breach by state forestry companies that had been assigned by the government to...
View ArticlePhu Quoc works to curb illegal logging
There have been 33 fires and cases of deforestation, illegal logging, and encroachment in Phu Quoc island this year involving an area of 278,628sq.m. Deforestation and encroachment are rampant especially
View ArticleDeforestation: Public Shame Reduces Tree Loss
Publicly shaming areas that have high illegal deforestation rates has successfully reduced Amazon forest loss by 26 percent per years, according to a recent study. Areas that exceed deforestation limits
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