NGT urges Centre to act on Assam's forest decline, cites environmental concerns. Notices issued to key environmental authorities.

Guwahati, Dec. 23 -- Assam's forest cover has decreased by over 83 sq km between 2021 and 2023, with the total area under forest and tree cover in the state now at 30,415.01 sq km, according to ...

Tezpur: Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh’s claim in the Lok Sabha that Assam boasts the highest forest cover in India has been challenged by official data revealing a starkly different reality.

The Assam government has decided to denotify three Proposed Reserve Forests in Tinsukia district to grant land rights to over ...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report revealing a loss of 86.66 square kilometres in Assam's forest ...

Assam's forest cover has decreased by nearly 84 sq km between 2021 and 2023, with the total area under forest and tree cover ...

Guwahati: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of declining forest cover in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram and summoned the principal chief conservators ...

An analysis of the changes in forest cover in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura in the last two decades (2003 to 2023) suggests the situation is quite ...

A group of retired forest officers has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the immediate scrapping of the ...

In 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that no permission “by whatever name called” would be granted for mining inside national ...

One of Assam’s richest birding sites has reopened after 16 years. The Panbari Reserve Forest, a part of the 1,302 sq. km Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, is home to more than 300 ...

Assam government denotifies PRFs in Tinsukia to grant land rights to over 20,000 residents, Chief Minister announces.