Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
New Delhi: In sharp contrast with the findings of the first Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems, Surat and Ahmedabad topped the list of 11 cities in the public survey on quality of life and city-system. In the Voice of India’s Citizens Survey, Kanpur was rated as the worst city to …
New Delhi: Delhi may be far from being the global city that the government tells us it is, but in a new survey on the state of city systems, the capital has done well on at least two parameters — first in urban capacities and resources and second in urban …
In its bid to increase mangrove cover along the Odisha coast, the State Government has decided to take up plantation over 1,000 hectares in four districts. The Mangrove Action Committee of the State Government has recommended mangrove plantation over 500 hectare in Bhitarkanika and Mahanadi Delta in Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur …
Alipurduar, July 11: The forest department will for the first time count the number of animals in the Buxa Tiger Reserve, except the big cats, in the coming winter and find out if the sanctuary has a balanced food chain. R.P. Saini, the field director of the reserve, said the …
New Delhi: Urbanization, road expansion and illegal mining seem to have taken a toll on the green cover in the national capital region (NCR) between 2000 and 2009. While the dense forest cover in the area has reduced by nearly 40%, there has been a marginal increase in open forest …
Against the backdrop of the contentious issue of country’s development vs environment conservation, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is now drafting revised guidelines for evaluation of environmental losses weighed against economic gains before transferring forest land for various commercial projects. The Ministry has asked the Indian Institute of Forest …
SHIMLA: Unusually hot and dry conditions this summer have turned the green hills of Himachal Pradesh into a tinderbox - literally. Forest wealth estimated at well over Rs.2 crore (over $400,000) spread over 20,000 hectares has been destroyed in forest fires in just two months this year. A forest department …
Madhya Pradesh has the maximum area under forest cover among all the states in the country, an RTI query has revealed. According to the latest India State of Forest Report 2011, 77,700 kms (11.24 percent) of the total 6,90,899 kms of forest land in the country is in Madhya Pradesh, …
Chandigarh: SC orders bar on razing of any construction which has come up till May 21. In an immediate relief for those facing demolition of their buildings/ constructions in the Sukhna catchment area, the Supreme Court today ordered a stay on the demolition orders. Making it clear that the Administration …
At least 141 incidents of forest fires have taken place in Uttarakhand since the beginning of March which has affected about 200 hectares of forest land. However, unofficial sources claim that nearly 1,000 hectares forest land has been affected by forest fires. While Forest Department officials avert that all necessary …
99,850 Hectares Of Green Cover Eroded Between ’07 & ’09: IISc Study. Going by the latest report on deforestation in India, we have lost forest area equivalent to more than half of New Delhi or as big as a tier two city between 2007 and 2009 alone. The study conducted …
NEW DELHI: A panel set up to review norms for no-go areas that will protect certain areas from commercial activity is likely to recommend mining should be disallowed in all national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the country. Sources in the government told TOI that the committee, headed by the …
NEW DELHI: A panel set up to review norms for no-go areas that will protect certain areas from commercial activity is likely to recommend mining should be disallowed in all national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the country. Sources in the government told TOI that the committee, headed by the …
The government does. It says area under forests has been increasing for the last 13 years. M Rajshekhar finds this is the outcome of statistical jugglery and the use of flawed definitions by India’s forest bureaucracy. The bald truth is India’s forests are in serious decline, both in numbers and …
In order to decide the dispute pertaining to the catchment area of Sukhna Lake, the Chandigarh Administration has sought the original copy of the map of catchment area defined and revalidated by the Survey of India. The map was sought after a meeting recently held by officials of the Chandigarh …
The main reason for the rapid drop in green cover in Andhra Pradesh seems to be hidden in the Forest Survey of India's (FSI) latest data on forest fires. As per FSI, the state has witnessed 506 forest fires in the last 51 days alone, which is almost five times …
To negate the Punjab government’s claim that no part of the catchment area falls within the jurisdiction of Punjab, Advocate Tanu Bedi, amicus curiae in the public interest litigation (PIL) pertaining to Sukhna Lake, today produced photographs to prove that a total of 277 hectares of catchment area falls in …
The green cover in the state has declined by 554 sq km. This was revealed on Wednesday in the report of the Forest Survey of India. The forest cover (sanctuaries and protected area) recorded a nominal decline of just one sq km while the trees outside the forest area recorded …
BHUBANESWAR: In the wake of the call given by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to people to take up plantation in a massive way, the Panchayati Raj Department has requested all district collectors to ensure that the green programme is taken up in right earnest. The Chief Minister made an appeal …
Sub-watersheds in border areas not to be covered With the Survey of India (SoI) and the Ministry of Defence reluctant to grant permission for the digitisation of restricted maps, the Forest Department has decided to go ahead with the finalisation of integrated catchment area treatment plan for the Sutlej basin …
