Forest provides ecosystem services (ES) for community well being through local livelihoods. Tropical sal forest of West Bengal, India is not an exception, rather the tribal communities in forest ...

India achieves 85% of compensatory afforestation target, with varying fund utilisation across States, as per Supreme Court ...

The Minister emphasised that the land, which had been allotted to the IAF in 1987, was officially declared reserved forest following a 2017 government order that cancelled the sanction of 452 acres.

A herd of 121 elephants is keeping the Baripada forest division busy. Having arrived from West Bengal in smaller groups, the large-bodied animals are feasting on paddy crops in Baripada, Morada ...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has ordered Bengal's chief conservator of forests to take all necessary steps to expeditiously bring back three elephants that formerly belonged to Natraj Circus ...