Residents from various villages in Madikeri protested against the Forest Department, citing delays in tree clearance for road expansion. Despite assurances from officials, work has been stalled ...
BENGALURU: Karnataka Forest, Environment, and Ecology Minister Eshwar B Khandre on Thursday asked the state forest department to submit a detailed report on the recent forest fire reported in ...
Ahead of the summer season, Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre has directed forest officials to be alert to prevent forest fires. Mr. Khandre has asked officials to take precautionary measures to ...
Officials await forensic reports to identify leopard 2 months post-attack near Shivaganga forest Leopards caught by the Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) near Shivaganga forest in Nelamangala ...
Kajur Karna, a 40-year-old wild elephant that had been troubling villages for two years, was successfully captured by the Forest Department. The operation involved over sixty personnel ...
Forest officials have confirmed the presence of the big cats in the Shivakotte Gram Panchayat area and surrounding villages. Shivappa Hossamani, Range Forest Officer for Bengaluru Urban ...
BENGALURU: Emulating Kerala model, Karnataka Forest Department on Tuesday began a pilot project “Garudashi” to help citizens file First Information Report (FIR) online on cases related to ...
Senior officers of the Karnataka government will hold a meeting with senior officers of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in Delhi on Thursday with regard to the ...
BENGALURU: As the Karnataka government and tourism department are working to transform the Devika Rani and Roerich Estate on Kanakapura Road into an eco-tourist destination, forest officials are ...
Forest department readies for peak fire season by creating fire lines; hardly any incidents so far, say officials In the last week, Karnataka has recorded the highest number of large forest fire ...