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 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), which has around 105 parks and gardens under its purview, has not plans of increasing the same. An official though agreed that there is a need for more green spaces but, "the directive for converting more open spaces into garden has to come from the …
Pakistan Minister for Health Muhammad Nasir Khan kicked off spring tree plantation campaign at National Institute of Health (NIH) by planting a sapling in the lawns. The campaign is being organised by Workers Welfare Association (WWA) of the Institute. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister urged the public to participate …
Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi deny their drinks pose any health hazards but an Indian parliamentary probe has said that the soft drinks sold in India by the US beverage giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi contained pesticide residue and urged tougher national health standards. The investigation was ordered after a private New …
The manner in which the authorities of Dr Y.S.Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry at Nauni have got permission to axe thousands of trees for conducting research has come in for criticism from environmentalists.
Trying to dust off its pesticide-worn image, Coca-Cola India (CCI) is going ahead full steam with its growth plans for 2004 by injecting fresh investment of $70 million in its operations this year. "We are absolutely aggressive in our plans for 2004. Between us and our bottlers, we will invest …
SC/ST Welfare Minister M A Kuttappan denied the allegations of Dileep Singh Bhuria, chairman of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission, that the Centre had allotted 7,693 hectares of forest land to Kerala State Government for landless tribals and it was not distributed to them. He said the Union Government …
Rampant land conversion and grabbing seems to continue unabated at a number of places on the Porvorim plateau in Goa. Forest officials confirmed that 56 trees have been illegally felled at the site. The Forest officials said that they were not aware of the felling of trees in Porvorim, but …
Nearly 3,000 acres of forests have been destroyed in the fire that broke out at Nagarhole Park in Karnataka. The flames spread across Mettikuppe, Doddhabyranakuppe and Veeranahosahalli forest range causing damage to flora and fauna.
Three is nothing more difficult in business than repairing a tarnished reputation. So when Asia Pulp & Paper, an Indonesian company with a long history of bulldozing its way through tropical jungle, last August signed a deal to mend its environmental ways with the World Wide Fund for Nature, it …
Dileep Singh Bhuria, chairman of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission, said that the Centre had allotted 7,693 hectares of forest land to Kerala State Government for distribution to landless tribals. The State Government had assured the commission that the process of distribution was in progress. It was for the …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) stands vindicated in its campaign against the two cola giants. In August 2003, it made public its findings that 12 brands of Pepsi and Coca-Cola tested by it contained high levels of pesticide residues.
The ongoing social afforestation programme has been contributing extensively to changing the lot of many people along with maintaining environmental balance in the Rajsjajo region (Bangladesh). The Social Forestry Department (SFD) is executing various lucrative programmes in Rajshahi, Natore and Naogaon districts to encourage the rural people to plant more …
Several bottles of Pepsi, Coca Cola and other popular soft drinks were drained on the roads by youth activists of Student's Action Committee and Yuva Bharat, at the
A major fire at the Nagarahole National Park has already consumed large areas of two ranges during the last two days and is fast spreading towards a third range.
India will soon have a National Environment Policy. The Union minister of state for environment and forests, Ramesh Bais, announced this on January 15. On the same day, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (ccea) asked the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) to quickly resolve some other environmental …
the Deputy Conservator of Forest (dcf) of Mysore's Hunsur Wildlife Division, A M Annaiah, has been held responsible "for causing loss to the public exchequer to the tune of Rs 6.14 crore'. The Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N Venkatachala, has recommended disciplinary action against him. Even as environmentalists point out they …
Considering the long-pending demand of tribals, the Central Government has issued orders asking the State Government to regularise the forest lands to the tribals living in forests, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Ch Vidyasagar Rao has said. The Government's decision would benefit lakhs of tribals in the …
The Madhya Pradesh Government has hailed the Central Government's decision to enable the settlement of tribal families on forest land and the move to decentralize the process for giving clearance to proposals for non-forest use of forest land. The Chief Minister, Uma Bharti, and the Minister for Forests, Dhal Singh …
