MYSORE: Forest Minister C P Yogeshwar said on Tuesday that the state government was contemplating developing bamboo as a commercial crop. Speaking after inaugurating the state-level Bamboo Mela ...

“Dry bamboo is like a firecracker. It explodes and flaming splinters spread the fire, even crossing the fire lines.” The forest department clears as much as possible, but the areas can be too ...

Forest Department, Government of Karnataka, during the inauguration. “We are planning to put in a place FSC certification and chain of custody for bamboo products that shall help in getting ...

BENGALURU: In a bid to promote bamboo and understand the communities in the state that rely on it, the Karnataka Forest Department and the National Bamboo Mission are organising a design ...

The worried community leaders approached Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) to provide the much-required bamboo pole to commence this year’s Karaga preparations. Considering the IT city’s ...

The Forest Department will launch an initiative ... especially the womenfolk, under Bamboo Mission. This entailed handicraft manufacturing by local women using bamboo. “We procured bamboo ...

In the remote Ponachchi and surrounding villages near famous MM Hills temple, the forest department has now started training for over 100 women under the Bamboo Mission. Master trainer from the ...

Karnataka Forest Department will take up dispersal of bamboo seedballs during the upcoming monsoons. The other plan of action to avoid forest fire would be to weed off lantana from the forest ...

Bamboo Cyclothon, where participants will ride bamboo cycles, will be flagged off by Eshwar Khandre, minister of forest, ecology and environment of Karnataka at 11 am.

Former cricketer Anil Kumble is named Forest and Wildlife Ambassador by the Minister of Forest, Biology, and Environment, ...

BENGALURU: The state forest department is undertaking the task ... Eucalyptus was promoted instead of bamboo which was termed to be a slow growing species, underplaying its ecological value.