Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. Digvijay Singh, wants the Centre to amend the Forest Conservation Act to facilitate private sector investment in forest-based industries.
federal biologists have released nearly a dozen Mexican gray wolves from chain-link pens into the remote ponderosa forests and meadows in the White mountains of eastern Arizona. The us Fish and Wildlife Service and state officials have taken steps for the first time to return 100 of the animals to …
Kenya produces nearly 1.5 per cent of the world's coffee. However, coffee producers are struggling to overcome two burdens inclement weather and bureaucratic inertia. The first problem is short-lived as Kenya has received average rainfall since the 1960's. This year, more than 262 millimetres (mm) of rain fell in January, …
Commercially viable low-on-emission hydrogen fuel cell buses may soon become a regular feature on the roads of metro cities beginning with Delhi. Funded by the Global Environmental Facility project on climatic change, they will form an essential part of the urban mass transit system. The project is to be developed …
delhi 's forests are shrinking at an alarming speed. The ridge is depleting at the rate of one per cent every year, reports Vatavaran , a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation. There has been no reforestation in encroached areas which have been cleared. Nearly 60 per cent of the encroached land has …
forests are central to the people of Mizoram and are therefore an important determinant of the quality of their life. The book surveys the environmental history and the complex relation between the people and nature in Mizoram through the colonial, post-independence and the present times. The forest area is delineated …
According to United Nations sources, the rainfall in East Kalimantan, Indonesia is very localised and the intensity varies considerably throughout the province. Fires are still burning in many locations, and with the imminent start of the dry season new fires can be expected in various parts of Indonesia and other …
Astronomers have obtained an unprecedented look at the nearest example of cannibalism - a massive black hole hidden at the center of a nearby giant galaxy that is feeding on a smaller galaxy in a spectacular collision.
In what is the first overruling in the Ridge Reserve forest case, the Supreme Court has allowed two petrol pumps to stay. The reason, according to Chief Justice M M Punchchi and Justices Saghir Ahmed and S C Agarwal, is that Bagga Link Road filling station and the Pusa Road …
With the forest cover depleting at a rapid pace in Orissa, the State Government is planning to launch new measures to check podu chaas (shifting cultivation), considered to be a biggest factor for the depletion of forest cover. As per a study, the total forest cover of the State which …
The Supreme Court today in the "Delhi vehicular pollution control and traffic regulation case" expressed 'distress over the manner in which earlier directions of the court in this regard were implemented and underlined that the basic right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution "have to be complied with".The …
Eight major powers have pledged to put an end to the destruction of forests the world over and said they would persuade other countries to follow suit. The eight countries, the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Germany, Japan and Russia, meeting in London announced an "action programme" on Sunday …
The People of Hariandab and Bearby village are implementing a model forest conservation scheme at Hariandab reserve forest near the proposed site of Jawahar Navoday Vidyala, Kamrup, 6 kms from Rangiya, without any security arrangement or Government assistance.
The Environment Bench of Calcutta High Court has fined Tarakeswar Municipality Rs 1 lakh for cutting down trees on the banks of Doodh-pukur (milkpond).
Work on creating Delhi's very own reserved forest is progressing at a snail's pace after the initial hype and hoopla. For one, though some of the encroachments have been removed, the area is yet to turn green. The Central Public Works Department has not taken up the task of tree …
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged the government to oppose the legalisation of biopiracy which is threatening Indian farmers of their livelihood. The CPI (M) central committee member, Dr. Biplab Dasgupta, said "despite warning, government has not strongly intervened to oppose patent on plant and animal varieties and …
The Andhra Pradesh Government has embarked upon an ambitious programme to complete most of the irrigation projects in the state in the next four years by spending Rs 6,000 crores, according to the Major Irrigation Minister, Mr. T. Nageswara Rao.
TERI : Tissue culture could help save the endangered forests of northeastern India due to rising demand for timber, says the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI).
