Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pramod Tyagi Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 21/03/3035. A proposal was initiated by State of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Transport to start a Driving Training Institution at Mukundpur and permission was also granted. …
CHENNAI: Speakers at a meeting organised by Centre for Water Resources (CWR) on Monday called for an interdisciplinary approach in water resources management and for imparting training to young professionals to meet new challenges. The workshop on
Keshav Kumar, IGP (Prisons), has been invited to Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, to train Uttarakhand police officials in investigating and prosecuting wildlife crime cases. Kumar is to take lecture sessions on Saturday and Sunday at the institute. Uttarakhand has been hit by a recent surge of poaching cases …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Projects have been invited from voluntary organisations, schools, colleges, governmental and non-governmental organisations in Kerala and Lakshadeep for the national environment awareness programme organised Union Forest Ministry and Centre for Environment and Development from November 24, 2008, to February 27, 2009. The topic foer the year will be climate …
Will provide post-retirement solution for Army men, boost rural economy DEHRA DUN: An Army Bio Ressource Centre to train retiring personnel in rural technologies so as to enhance their post-retirement earnings will be established here with the help of the Himalayan Environmental Studies Conservation and Research Organisation (HESCO). Announcing this …
Indian Army Environment and Ecology Cell in collaboration with Bombay Natural History Society conducted a conservation education workshop for senior students at Amity Public School in Delhi Cantonment here earlier this week. Titled "Energy and water audit programme and bio-diversity', the workshop was aimed at highlighting the importance of conserving …
With the North-east teeming with 63 species of bamboo, which account for nearly 50 per cent of the total species of woody monocots found in India, the Deovan-based Rain Forest Research Institute here is gearing up to emerge as a
Often termed as poor man's timber, bamboo, with its various new applications can well be an alternative housing solution for the earthquake prone areas due to its high tensile strength structurally. Exploring the use of bamboo as an alternative to the rapidly depleting wood resources in housing and other industrial …
for the people of Mandsaur, Dewas and Dhar districts of Madhya Pradesh drought has been a daily scourge that they learnt to live with. They would wait endlessly for water trains, lock barrels of water to prevent theft and protest sporadically against the scarcity. The recent drought, however, has made …
Military personnel of at least 32 Latin American and Caribbean nations may soon get training from members of the us armed forces to guard rainforests, protect endangered species and undertake a variety of other environmental tasks. The us soldiers will teach their Latin American and Caribbean counterparts various ways of …
twelve journalists, including me, visited Prince Charles' organic farm at Highgrove in Gloucestershire, England as part of training arranged by the the Reuters Foundation for environmental journalists. The 400 hectare estate we were bound for is called
Sometimes it is wonderful to have an opportunity to say, "we told you so." Particularly you feel strongly about the issue. A recent issue of Science (September 29, 2000) carries a comment from nine eminent us scientists and economists who argue that "equal per capita emission rights to the atmosphere" …
the Kandamanur Reserve Forest area, in south Tamil Nadu, earmarked as degraded forest, is fast regenerating. Implementation of joint forest management programme in the region has transformed the forest area as well as the life of residents of nearby villages of Kanavaipatti and Pudu Ramachandrapuram. The two villages have been …
A White Paper for Sustainable Coastal Development was released by Valli Moosa, the environment minister of South Africa recently. The document emphasises the importance of considering all aspects of the coast together while taking decisions about them and aims to establish a balance between the developed, rural and wilderness coastal …
around half the oil refineries in the us are violating air emission standards, according to the us environmental protection agency (epa), which is now planning to sue these companies. The epa is holding settlement talks with several oil companies. Reuters news agency has quoted a source well acquainted with the …
according to a study conducted by the Anand-based India Natural Resource Economics and Management Foundation (inrem) on nurseries run by women, lack of adequate training, access to credit and resources and the low buyback rate of the saplings are restricting the role of women in afforestation programmes and participatory forest …
on an evening in April 1980, a series of explosions rocked the two-acre site in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where 40,000 drums of chemicals were stored. In no time, a savage fire with fierce colours lit up the sky over the New York metropolitan area. It took more than ten hours …
we all are aware of how our warming planet has raised one formerly obscure specialty, climatology, to urgent prominence. There are more to come. Standby for changes to that enthusiasm of the biological scientists and the leisure industry, which we call 'parks' and 'reserves'. Such simple names may not suffice …
