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KOTA KINABALU: An area of 190,051ha of totally protected forests has been allocated to Singapore-based Hoch Standard to carry out its pilot programme to harness carbon credits, says the Conservator of Sabah Forests, Datuk Frederick Kugan.

The Supreme Court directed states to follow the dictionary definition of forest for land approval. Van Adhiniyam 2023 was passed without crucial data, risking declassification of forests and promoting commercialization. Critics argue that compensatory afforestation cannot offset the ecological costs of destroying mixed forests. The ruling emphasizes transparency, accountability, and the need to protect forests as a public good.

Ultimately it is delhi’s call, but that has not stopped the demand that the suspension of operation pact signed with the kuki militant groups, which come under the kuki national organisation (kno) and the united people’s front (upf), be scrapp

One hopes the chief minister is not jumping the gun in proclaiming that the decision to fence the indo-myanmar border and do away with the free movement regime (fmr) would prove to be a permanent solution to myriad of problems besetting manipur. border fe

Bali Volcanic Mountains Open to Visitors. Governor's Ban on Climbing Said to Lack Legal Basis.

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that merely asserting a claim of ownership is insufficient to secure protection from prosecution for encroachment of protected forest land, unless this claim is...

Several incidents of officials violating the Indian Forest Act, 1927, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and orders issued by the Supreme Court on Reserved and Protected Forests of Manipur have come to light.

Coming to the negotiating table is the way forward and noted writer rami niranjan desai could not have put it better than this. the clash is now over 130 days, nearly 200 people have been killed, thousands of houses have been razed to the ground and thous

An eight-member fact-finding team, comprising leftists, lawyers, Dalit and women’s rights activists from across India, visited affected villages and relief camps across the northeastern state of Manipur from August 10‒14, reports Susan Price.