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Forest produce grown on Pvt land through committee
Bhopal, Feb 18: Forest Department has taken the decision to allow sale of forest produce grown on private land. This sale would be effected through Forest Committees. In the wake of this decision, farmers would be able to get better prices for their forest produce. Forest Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah has issued instructions to every forest range to implement this system this year. All the conservators of forests have been instructed to ensure implementation of this scheme and send the compliance report of the same within one month.
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Minister laments dearth of wildlife officials
The dearth of wildlife officials has been a major drawback in enforcing wildlife regulations, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. There are only 3,000 odd wildlife officials to serve nearly one million hectares of forest in the country. The elephant population in Sri Lanka did not face any threat of extinction as its density has been increasing in recent times, he said. Steps have been taken to erect electrified fences under the Maga Neguma to ward off marauding elephants in an effort to eradicate the elephant-human conflict, the Minister said.
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Good news for Govardhan canal
JAIPUR: There seems to be a silver lining for Keoladeo National Park amidst dark clouds this monsoon. The indications are that the finances for the construction of the Govardhan canal are forthcoming -- though in a trickle. Two members of the Rajasthan Government's Empowered Committee on Forest and Wildlife, V. P. Singh, MP and Rajpal Singh, who met Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje have informed The Hindu that during their meeting she made a commitment to release an initial amount of Rs.15 crores to start work on the Govardhan canal.
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Funds for revamp of Rabindra Sarobar
West Bengal ministry of environment and forest will fund Rabindra Sarobar's development. The artificial lake over 73 acres was built in the 1940s. KIT had submitted to the Centre a project to develop
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Expert advocates ' four water concept '
The 'four water concept' was introduced in the water development programme in all the 7,100 watersheds in Andhra Pradesh, chairman of technical committee, water conservation mission, T Hanumantha Rao
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MPPCB to monitor pollution checking
The Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) has received complaints against the ongoing process of vehicular pollution checking at different centres. MPPCB chairman Dr. PS Dube told that on
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Biofuels: Effects on land and fire
In their reports in the 29 February issue ("Land clearing and the biofuel carbon debt," J. Fargione et al., p. 1235, and "Use of U.S. croplands for biofuels increases greenhouse gases through emissions from land-use change," T. Searchinger et al., p. 1238), the authors do not provide adequate support for their claim that biofuels cause high emissions due to land-use change. The conclusions of both papers depend on the misleading premise that biofuel production causes forests and grasslands to be converted to agriculture. (Letters)
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Ban on tubewell digging urged
Bhopal Municipal Corporation has decided to send a proposal to the district collector requesting him to ban digging of private tube wells. Mayor Ms Vibha Patel decided this at a BMC meeting. The
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Hype marks 'Shramdan' on Upper Lake
All hype and no work done seems to be the case of the high profile drive launched by Mayor Vibha Patel to clean up the Upper Lake. The Upper Lake could surely do with lot of cleaning. But then the
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SC directive to help Subansiri power project
The Supreme Court has given the forest clearance paving the way for de-reservation of 42 hectares of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh. The area is likely to be submerged following
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Biodiversity Asia
Asian floral and faunal species are threatened by fragmentation, physical alteration, habitat loss, pollution, introduction of exotic species and overexploitation of ecosystems. About 20 per cent of
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Tiger skeleton recovered from Gurgaon
GURGAON/NEW DELHI: A complete tiger skeleton was recovered from a residential premises at Surat Nagar in Gurgaon on Monday afternoon following a combined raid by the Gurgaon police and officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. A senior official of the Bureau said: "The raid was carried out following a tip-off from a non-government organisation working in the field of wildlife conservation. We raided the residence and found a complete tiger skeleton and traps used by poachers to capture wild animals in the forest. The skeleton weighs over 10 kg.'
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Letter from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to the Secretary, MOEF on Lavasa
<p>Letter from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to the Secretary, MOEF on the environmental clearance for a tourism project/hill station in Mulshi and Velhe Talukas of Pune District, Maharashtra dated July 15 2005.</p>
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2 arrested with leopard skins
Hyderabad, July 4: The city task force police on Friday arrested two persons who were attempting to sell leopard skin in the city. B. Ram Reddy, 30 a native of Kurnool and N. Shiva Prasad, 35, a native of Prakasam district were arrested. Ram Reddy, a farmer trapped the leopards in his field located near Nallamala Forest. The accused and his broker, Shiva Prasad, were offering to sell the two skins at Rs 2 lakh each.
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SC not to interfere in SASB land transfer
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere in Jammu and Kashmir government order to revoke the transfer of land to Sri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). The bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir also declined to entertain the prayer seeking directions for the lifting of curfew in Jammu. The apex court said that it was an administrative matter and court has no voice in it. Hearing a PIL filed by Prof. Bhim Singh, Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, the apex court, however, ordered the state government
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State Pulse: Maharashtra: Put off 'beedi' or face legal action
Enough body of evidence exists linking tobacco use with life-threatening diseases and disabilities- Bobby Ramakant Despite of the India's legally-binding Cigarette and Other tobacco products Act (2003) and repeated appeals of India's Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss to bollywood film-stars to refrain from on-screen smoking, there seems to be less compliance in the guise of 'creative liberty'.
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Fresh violence in Indore, curfew in entire city
Fresh communal violence erupted here Friday leading to imposition of curfew in entire Indore city, a day after four persons were killed in clashes during the BJP-VHP sponsored bandh against revocation of land to Amarnath shrine board. The fresh incidents of violence occurred in various areas - Jinsi, Juna Risala, Champa Bagh, Bombay Bazar and Hathipala where rioters clashed with the police and the Rapid Action Force personnel by pelting stones on them.
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Hydropower project okayed
The NWFP government(Pakistan) has finally decided to construct Malakand-III Hydropower project near Dargai in Malakand Agency, some 110 kilometres north-east of Peshawar. The tenders for the civil
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Van Vihar first choice of tourists
Van vihar is not only the exotic tourism spot of capital but also the state as well. The forest department continuously creates new items to allure tourists. There are so many species of snakes are already living here. But now the department has procured other aqua-species of snakes like cobra, daihal, sunfreela etc. These species will become a special attraction for tourists, as they are of different colours and shades. Besides this the department tried to allure tourists by adding different animals to Van Vihar. Here the area of water will be proliferated.