New Delhi: Delhi govt is working on a policy to facilitate the removal of vilayati kikar, an invasive tree species, from areas where proposed development projects have been held up due to regulatory ...

The Delhi government is planning to remove kikar (Prosopis juliflora) from the list of tree species that require prior permission from a tree officer for felling and is formulating an SOP for it, ...

Crucial environmental project comes to a standstill! A 100-acre patch between SP Marg and Vandemataram Marg near Karol Bagh in Delhi should have seen a significant change in its ecosystem by now. Last ...

BATHINDA: The trees kikar (Acacia Nilotica) and sheesham (Dalbergia Sissoo) are wilting to death at an alarming rate in Punjab. <div class="section1"><div class ...

To determine when the Acacia farnesiana or the kikar tree arrived in India can entail a labyrinthine search. The kikar has been the quintessence of our landscape in Punjab, Haryana and Ranthambore.

The overgrown kikar trees along the road is leading to many accidents near National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) colony. Residents of Kheta Singh Basti and Harbans Nagar alleged that despite repeated ...

With the onset of monsoon, the forest department is set to start its offensive against vilayti kikar (Prosopis juliflora) from central ridge this month. Vilayati kikar (Babul) tree at Kamla Nehru ...

The Delhi government has set a target of planting 20 lakh saplings this monsoon and develop six new city forests in the national capital under 'green budget' initiative. The government will also ...

For over a century, like an expansionist coloniser it gobbled up hundreds of acres of our land, meticulously killing one plant species after another, starving them of nutrition and water. But, not any ...

The ridge is 7,700 hectares of reserved forest and its northern extension is densely populated by an invasive plant species brought during the colonial era. (IE Image) Can the revival of a forest ...