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 Supreme Court has allowed the disposal of "illicitly felled siezed timber" in the forests of the Northeast and eastern India in a phased manner. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice J S Verma and Justices A S Anand and B N Kirpal set a 37-point guideline to dispose of …
SC directs Patel Govt to file report : The Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka Government to file an action taken report(ATR) within two weeks on the encroachment of 3,309 acres of reserved forest land in Chikmaglur district.
The Supreme Court has suspended licenses granted to all wood based industries operating in reserved forests. They have the option to shift to industrial estates that shall be identified by state governments within 45 days and developed within six months. This was part of some 40 directions passed to save …
In a landmark judgement last week, the then Chief Justic of India, Justice J S Verma assisted by Justice R K Anand and Justice B N Kirpal, modified their order of December 12, 1996 on preservation of ecology of biodiversity, particularly in the North -East.
The Union environment ministry has finalised the names of experts to suggest short-term and long-term answers to the mass attack by insects on sal trees in Madhya Pradesh.
The Supreme Court has directed the State Government to file an Action Taken Report (ATR) within two weeks on the encroachment of 3,309 acres of reserve forest land in Chikmaglur district.
The rampant use of the brickfields of Moulvibazar ad Habibganj districts is going on unabated. As a result, forest resources, shed trees in the teagardens and different kinds of immature trees in the villages have been felled indiscriminately for use as fuel in the brickfields.
The prestigious Agro-forestry Award for the year 1997 has been presented to Professor Prakash M Shingi , faculty members at the IIMA's Centre for Management in Agriculture and Professor S P Seethraman, former faculty mamber of IIMA.
Prime Minister I.K. Gujral has asked the power ministry to communicate to the Tehri Power Project Authority not to undertake any blast connected with the dam construction till the completion of a review meeting, to be convened "very soon".
According to a recent report by New South Wales's Environment Protection Authority, 9% of the Australian continent was forested when the first Europeans stepped ashore in 1788; only 5% remains forested today. Most of the woodland was in the fertile coastal regions, such as Northern New South Wales, where nearly …
The mass felling of insect-affected sal trees in Madhya Pradesh was brought to a full halt on Wednesday, following a meeting between Union and state governments to speedily study alternatives.The report should be ready within a month.The Union environment ministry has told the state government, on wheather and how the …
concerns that burning of fossil fuels could increase levels of co 2 in the atmosphere leading to climate change has caused wrangling among the world's politicians, scientists and environmentalists for years. But it has seldom been regarded as a business opportunity. Now, three enterprises in the uk are promoting "carbon …
japan's largest producer of pulp and paper has said that the paper industry plans to expand its overseas forest plantations from 93,000 hectares last year to 550,000 hectares by the year 2010. Masahiko Ohkuni, president of Oji Paper, said that the supply of wood fibre from natural forests could be …
villagers in Thailand have threatened to seal the forests in Kanchanaburi if the government did not stop work on the Thai-Burmese gas pipeline. They had earlier submitted a letter to Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai demanding that the pipeline be rerouted. At a protest rally on December 8, the villagers demanded …
The European Union (EU) has begun an inspection of Karachi's fish harbour to decide whether to ban seafood exports from Pakistan. The fishing industry in Pakistan exports around US $150 million of seafood annually. Almost one-third goes to Europe and sold mostly in the UK and the Netherlands. The EU …
The Netherlands Government has agreed to give a grant of Rs 600 crores to restore and maintain the natural habitat of the famous Kolleru lake near Machilipatnam.
The Supreme Court directed the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh to apperar before the court, to explain about illegal mining activities in the state forests. A three judge bench issued the direction during the hearing of a public interest petition which sought the protection of the depleted forest cover in …
Arunachal Pradesh lost revenue worth R.s 115 crores since the Supreme Court banned forest related industries in the North-East,according to the Chief Minister, Mr. Gegong Apang.
In a significant development, the Supreme Court has ordered a CBI enquiry into the Bastar forest scandal revolving around illegal transfers and serious irregularities in grant of permission for felling of trees.
A bane for avian fauna? : The "Green revolution" is spelling doom for avian fauna, according to Dr PP Bhakra, ornithologist and faculty member of Rajathan University, Jaipur. Only one per cent of the pesticides reached the target. The rest was leading to killing of non-targeted living organisms like birds.
