What is a forest, Uncle?: ‘don’t know, since Indian laws are yet to define it’! New Delhi: if the latest reports related to the World Environment Day with the forest as its theme are to be believed – we Indians lack a clear legal definition of a forest. Lost in the woods, the legal definition of a forest is still evolving within the confines of the environment ministry. According to the ministry, work is on to come up with an “ecologically sound and socially desirable definition of forests and forestry”. As Brij Mohan Singh Rathore, joint secretary... 

Prof Ashok Ghosh Eco-Scope Bihar World Environment Day – 5th June, 2011: save forests and save our future By Prof Ashok Kumar Ghosh Editor’s note: Since today is the World Environment Day, Prof Ashok Ghosh’s column is appearing today instead of Monday. Today is The World Environment Day. I started my day with newspapers and a cup of tea .Almost all the newspapers were splashed with substantive coverage of world environment day (WED)-2011.It is good to seethat thelevel of awareness towards our responsibility to mother earth, and proactive role of media is increasing. The theme for this...