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Jumbo job for foresters during migration season

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As October approaches, forest department officials in the Coimbatore region gear up for their annual challenge — the migration of elephants in the Nilgiris biosphere — because the wild jumbos passing

Risk allowance hiked for forest personnel

In a bid to boost the morale of the field staff in forest department, the state government has revised the rate of risk allowance on par with police personnel.

A recent government order by state for

Forest officer single-handedly reclaims 6,000 acres in 3 years

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In June 2008, when he took over as Nenmara Divisional Forest Officer in Kerala, P. Dhanesh Kumar was widely seen as a hunted man.

His daring interventions as Mananthavady range officer had got him

Poor policies erode forest cover

The state forest cover has decreased marginally since 2005, despite spending `471 crore during 2002–2007 on social and farm forestry activities.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India report

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