Officials are of the view that the high demand for sandalwood and its high prices can become a major source of income for ...

Earlier, only the forest department had the authority to ... Sought for their aromatic wood and oil, sandalwood trees are considered highly-valuable. A 15-year-old tree fetches more than Rs ...

The BMC conducted the inspection to evaluate the environmental impact of the proposed tree removal on biodiversity and the ...

Mystic Marayoor' is a visually stunning documentary exploring Kerala’s Marayoor region—its forests, tribal communities, ...

Almost five decades after it first lit up cinema screens, the 1973 Kannada classic Gandhada Gudi returns to theatres on Thursday, April 24, on the occasion of t ...

However, Shinde also demanded compensation for the red sandalwood tree and other trees like khair ... A request for valuation was made to the Forest Department. The Shinde family’s lawyer ...

Chennai: A dispute erupted over the construction of a new police station in Vengadamangalam, located in Chengalpet district, ...

Lewis also explores trees’ relationships with humans, discussing how the Indian government has implemented strict bureaucratic rules controlling the growth and sale of East Indian sandalwood ...

Forest department sources said the Chandrakala reserve forest, spread over 1,500 acres of land near Ambaragoppa in Shikaripur taluk, has over 26,000 sandalwood trees on 100 hectares of land.