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Issues of squatters will be addressed within a few days, PM Dahal says

The commission proposed that the Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) take over the approval of the 10-year management plan of VFCs, replacing the Chief CF/CF. Once approved by the DCF, the Annual Plan of Operations should be overseen by the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF), and estimates, tenders, work orders, and bill payments delegated to the Range Forest Officer (RFO).

New forests are coming up in areas traditionally used by locals for cultivation, for accessing forest produce, for grazing livestock and even burying the dead.

Yet another natural habitat is facing potential peril, as the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (Palli Bidyut) is trying to take power lines through a reserved forest in Chattogram's Fatikchhari upazila, ignoring the forest department's objection as well as environmental laws.

Jharkhand led the country in making up for lost forests in the year 2022-23, but cases from two districts show that tree plantation is coming at the cost of those who were cultivating that land or using it for grazing their livestock. Their forest rights are now at odds with forest plantation

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey and OccupyGhana are demanding the promulgation of a law that forbids the grant of any mining or drilling permit, licence or lease or any other associated activities in all forest reserves and significant biodiversity areas in the country.

Ravaging a forest for fish farming Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

Encroachers have destroyed 95 acres of the Gohira mangrove forest in Chattogram’s Anwara upazila and turned the area into fish enclosures.

In a recent case where a Writ Petition was filed to challenge the revocation of a sawmill license, the Jharkhand High Court said the competent authority under the Bihar Saw Mills Act, 1990 is...

Secrecy and lax oversight mean illegal loggers and miners in Amazon can park billions in real estate and other assets