The Odisha Forest Department had taken up the tagging exercise in 1999, and at least two tagged turtles then were sighted on the Sri Lanka coast. Later, the tagging exercise was suspended ...

KORAPUT, India — At a small stream in India’s eastern state of Odisha, Indigenous villagers catch eels and fish for a dinner ...

The bench also issued notices to the additional chief secretary state Forest & Environment department, Odisha Biodiversity Board, secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change ...

Panda shares this sentiment. “My biggest hope is in the Forest Rights Act and the indigenous communities who live in and protect our forested watersheds. India still has many rural areas and ...

Five forest officers in Odisha were arrested for embezzling Rs 80 lakh intended for compensatory afforestation. The funds were diverted to fictitious accounts following a detailed enquiry by the ...

In a significant move aimed at reducing lightning-related deaths in the state, the Odisha Forest and Environment Department has announced a new initiative to plant palm trees (taala gachha) worth Rs 6 ...

Bhubaneswar, May 14 (UNI) Odisha Vigilance has arrested five forest department officials for allegedly embezzling government funds amounting to Rs 80 lakh under the "Compensatory Afforestation Scheme" ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Tuesday arrested five forest officers for embezzling government funds to the tune of Rs 80 lakh allocated for compensatory afforestation in Kalahandi district, an ...

Bhubaneswar, May 13 (PTI) The Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday arrested five forest officers for embezzling government funds to the tune of Rs 80 lakh allocated for compensatory afforestation in Kalahandi ...