The city’s parks department this week unveiled a new “mini forest” on a formerly little-used lot on the Williamsburg waterfront. Tucked into the North Fifth Street Pier and Park, the leafy plot is ...

Almost all forest fire in Sri Lanka is human-caused; the two main forest fire seasons are February to March and July to August. Annually, 100-2,500 hectares (247-6,178 acres) of forest resources are ...