Govt to take up Tehri dam rehabilitation
The Government would be soon taking up the first rehabilitation package based on the National Rehabilitation Policy, which is being finalised. This follows the deliberations of the Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC) on the Tehri Dam Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R;) package as proposed by the Hanumantha Rao Committee.
'National parks becoming issues of social conflict'
National parks and forest reserves in the country are becoming an issue of rural social conflict and the inclusion of considerable area as "indigenous land" in these parks with consequent prohibition on grazing and ban on use of non-forest timber produce is affecting the livelihood systems, according to NGOs . …
Danseuse's fight against felling of trees
Far from performing dance, famous danseuse Mallika Sarabhai has taken it upon herself to fight against indiscriminate felling of trees in Gandhinagar, the world's second greenest capital. In fact, she forced Union home minister L K Advani, who represents Gandhinagar in the Lok Sabha, ask chief minister Keshubhai Patel to …
Danseuse's fight against felling of trees
Far from performing dance, famous danseuse Mallika Sarabhai has taken it upon herself to fight against indiscriminate felling of trees in Gandhinagar, the world's second greenest capital. In fact, she forced Union home minister L K Advani, who represents Gandhinagar in the Lok Sabha, ask chief minister Keshubhai Patel to …
People take part in formulating forest plan
Representatives of the people played a significant role in the formulation of an extensive forest management plan held in Mongar Dzongkhag. A first draft of the Lingtmethang Forest Management Plan, which was developed by the Third Forestry Development Project (TFDP) was discussed at a meeting.
Canadian loggers see environmental light
Canadian officials and forestry executives are suing for peace with environmentalists to end a damaging campaign by Greenpeace against timber exports from British Columbia.
Forest areas in Ilam awaits conservation
Although forest areas in many VDCs of Ilam district are being destroyed consistently for many years, effective conservation measures have not been adopted so far.
Greenpeace issues challenge to BC govt and forest delegation
A Greenpece contingent demonstrated outside the Canadian Consulate in Hamburg as a delegation of representatives from the British Columbia government and forest industry began a week long tour of Europe. Chief foresters from Western Forest Products (WFP) and International Forest Products are part of the delegation.
'Afforestation efforts will continue'
During the last 18 months, there has been afforestation of 10sq kms of denuded demarcated forests in J & K, and the process will continue until the entire 90 sq.km of forests destroyed in the last one decade are restored, the state forest minister, Mr. Choudhary Ramzan said.
Wildfires in Mexico, Central America burn unabated
The most devastating wildfires in seven decades are raging across Mexico and Central America, gobbling millions of acres of forests and grasslands, closing international airports and pushing blankets of smoke into Texas and gritty haze as far away as Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Georgia.
'Disarm Bodo, Santhal ultras; clear forest lands'
A meeting of the major political parties of the State and some Bodo and Santhal clashes in the Kokrajhar district, has come out with a strong resolution urging the State Government to take every possible step to seize the arms in possession with the Bodo and Santhal ultras urgently and …
Agency soon to develop strip along SSP canal
The 'Economic regeneration programme' for the Narmada Nigam, a study currently under consideration at the highest level in the state government as part of the official effort to garner more funds for the multi-crore project, suggests the creation of what it calls the "Main Area Canal Development Authority" as an …
Trees axed for TN road project
Hundreds of trees along National Highway 45 (NH 45) - from Chengalpattu to Tindivanam - are being felled indiscriminately as part of a scheme to convert the two-lane carriage to a four-lane one. At Mamandur, a few kilometres beyond Chengalpattu, uprooted trees are piled up by the roadside.
Water shortage is for real
Former Union minister Jagdish Tytler has refuted the claims of Delhi Mayor Yog Dhyan Ahuja that the city has ample safe drinking water.Taking credit for jolting the MCD out of its slumber, Tytler stated in a statement that the Mayor was not sure of what he was saying.
Fires pollute air in Mexico, Honduras
A drought brought by E1 Nino has caused huge forest fires whose dense clouds of foul smoke have forced authorities to declare states of emergency in parts of Honduras and Mexico. Hospitals are reporting doctors' visits up 25 per cent, with respiratory problems the main complaint.
Govt to ask CoD to probe tree felling in Kodagu
Forest Minister D Manjunath today told the Legislative Council that the case of illegal felling of trees in the reserve forest land in Kodagu district involving the wife of senior police official of Kerala would be referred to the Corps of Detectives(CoD). Raising the matter during the zero hour, Mr …
DDA's hotel may hurt Delhi's lungs
Notwithstanding a Supreme Court nod, an upcoming hotel in south Delhi has come under fire from environmentalists who claim that it is encroaching upon the city's green lungs - the southern ridge. The Delhi Development Authority's proposal of acquiring 315 hectares of the southern ridge for the international hotel complex …
Forest land encroachments to be regularised
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has decided to take the initiative under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution to regularise encroachments on forest land till October 1980 in the absence of clearance by the Central Government to a proposal submitted earlier by the State Government in this regard.This decision, aimed to …
Honduras fires close airport
Thick smoke from hundreds of forest fires is severely restricting travel to and from Honduras with the country's four international airports affected by poor visiblity.
