Forest

Insight News Desk: Heavy gunbattle have been reported between the Maoists and police force in Chandili Reserve forest in Bolangir district in Odisha. Bolangir SP K. Siva Subramani confirmed this. The gunbattle lasted for two hours. The…

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday sought a report from the Odisha government on elephant corridors as well as the list of encroachers of forest land in the State. The Agency also directed the State government to file the status…

Bhubaneswar, Dec 30: Percentage of actual forest coverage in Odisha has far exceeded national average. During 2015 the Percentage of actual forest cover to total geographical area of the State  has increased to  32.34% against the national…

New Delhi, Aug 6: India's forest cover comprises over a fifth - 21.23 percent - of the country's total geographical area, parliament was told on Thursday. "As per India State of Forest Report 2013, the total forest cover in the country…

Bikram Keshari Arukh, Minister of Forest & Environment in Odisha, has announced that Odisha Government will plant 10 lakh saphlings in 2015. Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Jajpur and Kalahandi districts have been identified for this mega…

The Forest Dwellers of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) witnessed  a historic day on 9th April 2015 at Barehipani Gram Panchayat where Community  Forest Rights  titles under Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 were distributed in the programme…

A major wildfire has engulfed the Similipal forest reserve in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, causing widespread damage to the birds, animals and plantations and posing a big threat to the ecosystem. The fire started at the Similipal Tiger…

The Forest department officials have finally rescued four elephants, including two females and a calf from a dry dug well near Sanasola forest under Dukura forest range after making hard efforts for over 19 hours. The local villagers…