BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has permitted the ... A committee of experts found that 528 trees, including 226 in Block 2, were illegally felled. Referring to illegal felling of trees ...

“We found the reason genuine and plan, tender were checked by forest officials prior to giving permission for tree felling,” said the source in forest department and stated the MCC paid 1:10 ...

Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre urges amendments to the Preservation of Trees Act to combat illegal tree felling.

The Karnataka High Court has held that under the State Forest Act there is a presumption that a forest produce belongs to a ...

BENGALURU: Karnataka Forest, Environment and Ecology ... Pertaining to the felling of trees, Khandre said there is a need to amend the Tree Preservation Act to take strict action against those ...

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.

The development comes days after activists launched a campaign to oppose the proposal to fell 368 old trees in Bengaluru Cantonment Railway Colony to make way for commercial development of the land.

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a case registered against a 67-year-old man living in Jayanagar area of Bengaluru who ...