By: Eesha Duggal
Living and growing up in Shimla  feels like being Mogli of Jungle Book sometimes. Born in the building, somewhere, in the jungles, then playing in the woods, climbing every possible tree, running at the site of monkeys, building a temporary house of ‘ghaas-phoos’, being friends with every stray dog around, doing crazy stuff [...]

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Shimla: Himachal Pradesh had been selected for a reforestation project under the Bio-carbon Revenue Project which is financed through the Rs 365-crore Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project (MHWDP). Stating this at a meeting of senior officers and a World Bank delegation, forest minister JP Nadda today said that the government was committed to increase green cover [...]

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Kasauli: People having their houses within the Kasauil sanctuary area have been caught unaware by yet another wildlife law. Recently, the Kasauli range officer issues a notice to heads of all panchayat not to allow even repair work in houses falling within the sanctuary without permission from the department.
About 10,000 people living in dozen-odd panchayats [...]

By: Rahul Saxena
The species of trees that were heavily planted during the ’70s and the ’80s in the lower altitudes of Himachal Pradesh were  Chir pine, Eucalyptus (safeda) and Khair (out of which Katha is made). In fact, rich and natural scrub forests were destroyed over large areas during these decades in the name of [...]

By: Rahul Saxena
I am not a dedicated tree lover as most of our urban friends are. Their stand is justified in their own way, considering the perpetual scarcity of clean air in the cities. Having lived in Himachal for sometime, I also understand that our planners’ enthusiasm to see trees on 50% of the land [...]

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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Forest Department is working out a multi-pronged strategy to control monkey population in the state. Overruling protest expressed by some Hindu hardliner organisations, the department will go ahead with sterilization and scientific culling of monkeys. On the other hand, the department has also prepared an ambitious project to plant at least [...]

The People of Charda need your help to restore their forests and livelihoods… after nearly having lost it all.
Collecting Medicinal herbs for sale is the main source of cash for the people of high altitude areas of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. The money is used mainly to clear the debt from the local trader/shopkeeper [...]

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Shimla: Plants and trees that are revered by the Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Jains and Buddhists would now be marketed to attract tourism to Himachal Pradesh. The idea of a spiritual garden in Dhauladhar Nature Park in Gopalpur in Kangra district has been conceived by the Forest Department of the state.
The department hopes to educate the [...]

By: Vividhaditya
Khoj, a voluntary organisation working in Tashi Jong, Himachal Pradesh has been able to raise money for plantation of 100 trees in the area. Money has been promised by volunteers for plantation of another 50 trees.
Speaking to HimVani, Khoj coordinator, Bhakti, said, “We are in the stage of getting the land cleared and are [...]

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