He said, “Six precious lives were saved from a remote tribal settlement after a tireless 8-hour operation by our courageous forest officials in landslide-hit Wayanad. Their heroism reminds us ...

besides shortage of forest staff to combat forest fire, have put wildlife managers in Wayanad district in a fix. Accumulation of combustible materials, especially withered lantana plants and dried ...

Due to persistent waterlogging, educational institutions in Kuttanad taluk and Purakkad panchayat in Alappuzha will remain ...

A large stretch of pristine semi-evergreen forests, which is a biodiversity hotspot and origin point of several springs, in Wayanad is facing the axe from the forest department itself ...

According to a 2022 study, 62 per cent of forest cover disappeared in regions that are in Wayanad district now, between 1950 and 2018. Until the 1950s, 85 per cent of the total area of Wayanad was ...

After the landslides wreaked havoc in Kerala's Wayanad, the major rescue operation started involving armed forces, NDRF and state machinery. In line with that, the state forest department has ...

said that the forest department removed 6,000 tonnes of Senna spectabilis, an invasive tree species that has been destroying the biodiversity of Wayanad forests. According to the minister ...

India has since reported 400-500 cases of the disease among humans every year. Kyasanur Forest Disease hit Wayanad hard in 2015, infecting 102 people and killing 11, according to the district ...

A fire broke out in a forest area in Kerala's Wayanad district on Thursday. No casualties have been reported yet. The bamboo trees in the forest area near Moolankavu in Suthan Bathery caught fire.