Added to this situation is the lack of information about the Hoolock gibbon in different sections of the people including the newly appointed foresters of the Assam Forest Department. The ...

Aaranyak, a leading biodiversity conservation organization, conducted a week-long training program for Assam's frontline ...

In SC, state defends dropping of private forest survey numbers The Goa Forest Department defended its decision to exclude certain survey numbers from the private forest category, citing the lack ...

In its order the NGT bench issued notices to all respondents—Assam government, Assam Forest department, special chief secretary (forests) MK Yadava, Union ministry of environment, forest and ...

The Assam Forest Department in a post said that enhanced security and conservation measures have led to a rise in rhino population over the years. It also said that the population of rhino has ...

Goalpara: Around 2,000 "illegal settlers" belonging to 450 families were evicted on Tuesday from 55-60 hectares of forest land in Goalpara district of Assam, an official said. Several government ...

Many illegal structures erected in the reserved forest area in Assam’s Goalpara district were razed using bulldozers and other earth moving vehicles on Monday. (Representational image ...

As per an official order by the Assam Forest Department, "Three Rhino calves including 2 females and 1 male, rescued by State Forest Department outside Kaziranga National Park during floods in ...

Guwahati, September 22: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a significant drop in rhinoceros poaching, citing an 86% reduction since the BJP took charge in 2016. The announcement ...

On September 22, the Assam Forest Department said that the rhino population had increased to over 3,000 from about 600 in the 1960s. Recently, the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve ...