Rishikesh, The Uttarakhand government has sought permission from the Union environment ministry to fell over 19,000 Sal trees within the Dehradun Forest Division that are damaged by the the larvae of ...
More than 17,000 Sal trees in Dehradun and Kalsi forests are set to be felled after a severe Sal borer beetle infestation.
A sweeping programme of tree felling to deal with an epidemic of sal borer beetle has outraged conservationists, who say nature may be better equipped to deal with the crisis than human beings are.
Chhattisgarh’s Parsa East and Kanta Basan (PEKB) coal mine in Surguja district has become the first in the state to successfully revive large-scale plantations of rare Sal trees, a species long ...
Dehradun plans to fell nearly 19,000 sal trees infested by sal borer beetle larvae; ecologists urge sustainable alternatives and approvals amid road widening.