Friday, March 31, 2023

forest department

Odisha YouTuber held for keeping snakes, chameleons

 The Odisha forest department officials have arrested a 31-year-old YouTuber in Karanjula village of Sambalpur district for illegally possessing six snakes, including cobras and four chameleons, an official said on Wednesday. The accused was identified as Ramchandra Rana from the...

Forest department to collect royalty on sand, stone

The tussle between Geology & Mining and the Environment, Forests and Climate Change (EF&CC) departments over collection of royalties on sand and sandstone has been finally resolved after the State Cabinet decided to let EF&CC department collect the royalty.In...

Assam forest department to start leopard census

In a bid to reduce the chances of man-leopard conflicts, the Assam Government will conduct a leopard counting census for the first time in the state, reports The Sentinel Assam.An exclusive leopard counting census in Assam’s forest and non-forest...