Valentine’s Day in Goa may well have a coconutty flavour this February 14. Civil society activists in Goa have proposed an innovative protest on Valentine’s Day which involves a photo contest ...

Beautifully poignant coconuts trees swaying gently in the evening breeze aren't a rare sight in Goa as you drive along the coastal state. Only, according to a decision taken by the Goa government last ...

PANAJI, India -- Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in the tropical Indian state of Goa, where authorities have reclassified them as palms to allow farmers to cut them down more easily.

MUMBAI — Politicians in India’s Goa are locked in an row over the status of the popular tourist state’s beloved coconut trees — after officials ruled that they were not in fact trees. Goa’s ...

In a major move to protect the state’s greenery, the Goa government has amended the Goa Preservation of Trees Act, 1984, ...

The Goa legislative assembly on Tuesday referred the Goa Preservation of Trees (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which dilutes the power of the tree authority, and the Goa (Verification of Tenants) Bill, 2021 ...

Panaji: State govt issued a comprehensive set of directions to tree officers and officials of the tree authority under the ...

Fashion designer Wendell Rodricks is taking the fight to the opposition over the reclassification of Goa’s most enduring symbol, the coconut tree, into a palm Goa-based fashion designer, Wendell ...

The Bill, which was introduced in the Goa Legislative Assembly on Monday with the intention of revamping the Goa Tree Authorities, however, also included clauses that the opposition claimed would ...

Politicians in India's Goa are locked in an row over the status of the popular tourist state's beloved coconut trees -- after officials ruled that they were not in fact trees. Goa's legislative ...