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The government launches campaigns for inclusive development, but amendments to Forest Conservation Act may harm the poorest citizens.

CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany (AP) — Nestled in the spruce trees in the Harz mountains of northern Germany is a bark-eating pest not much bigger than a sesame seed. Known as “book printers” for the lines they eat into the bark that fan out from a single spine resembling words on a page, these eight-toothed beetles have always been part of the local forest. Officials expect the bugs to typically kill a few spruces each summer as they find suitable trees to lay their eggs &#...

Environmentalists have expressed concern about provisions of the Bill that seek to exclude some forest land from the ambit of the law.

India News: Congress Rajya Sabha MP and general secretary in-charge of communications department Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday came down heavily on the Narendra Mod

Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill that exempts land within 100 km of the countrys borders from the purview of conservation laws and permits setting up of zoos, safaris and eco-tourism facilities in forest areas. The Upper House passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 after a brief debate, though the opposition had walked out over the ethnic violence in Manipur.

The Congress on Wednesday slammed the government after the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed by the Rajya Sabha saying that the substance of the amendments have been bulldozed through in Parliament, reflects the mindset of ...

Hundreds of legal and environmental experts have flagged potentially damaging clauses in the bill that might endanger as much as 25% of India’s forest cover. | Latest News India

The letter addressed to the Rajya Sabha MPs stated that the amendments will destroy five decades of environmental jurisprudence the country has built.

Activists are calling the amendment the death knell of the environment. One of the reasons the government cites to justify the amendment is national security. But this may be based on a simple...

An efficient and strategic public service management policy instead of administration – Madhura Withanage The Chairman of the Select Committee of Parliament to study the practical problems and difficulties that have arisen in relation to enhancing the rank in the Ease of Doing Business Index in Sri Lanka and make its proposals and recommendations stated...