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 U.S. Agriculture Department said last week a barrage of court decisions blocking a Clinton-era plan to protect millions of acres of forest land has forced the agency to make significant changes and slowed implementation of the rule. The measure, signed days before President Clinton left office in January, 2001, …
An air-and-sea rescue operation in Brazil's Amazon delta was continuing after a British Greenpeace activist went missing during a campaign against illegal logging. Radio technician Emily Craddock, 27, from north London, was last seen in the signals room of the Arctic Sunrise by a river pilot, as the ship approached …
The government of India will launch a special action plan to counter the illegal activities of the "forest mafia".The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF) decided to eliminate these anti - social groups by "notifying sensitive areas" in forests in States Districts forest officers were asked to identify the "sensitive …
The move of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to remove a green belt in Gurgaon to make way for service roads has upset residents of the city.
Gujarat State forest officials are ready with an action plan for a eco-development and bio-diversity project for Balaram-Ambaji and Jessore wildlife sanctuaries in North Gujarat, for which Rs 40-crore has already been sanctioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The project has been aimed at preservation and protection of …
All along Mumbai's coastline, mangroves that should be flushed lush green with rain have withered into dry brown, as if some unnatural pestilence has struck them. A plague has indeed descended on these wetlands, not of locusts but another equally destructive insect
the period between 1999 and 2003 has seen a sudden spurt in the diversion of forestland for non-forestry purposes. A recent collation of data of the Union ministry of environment and forests (moef) spotlights this retrogressive pattern. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led coalition has also held the reins of power at …
Even as the problem of encroachment continues to threaten the forests in Madhya Pradesh, the State Government claims that the mandatory requirement of compensatory afforestation has been fulfilled and the forest encroachments across the State prior to 1980 can be regularised immediately after receiving appropriate directions from the Supreme Court.
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) is delaying the release of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) even though it has been ready for several months and was formulated under the Ministry's supervision. The national action plan advocates that the focus of all planning and decision-making …
The Himachal state unit of the BJP has urged the 12th Finance Commission to compensate the state for the ban imposed on green fellings by recommending additional devolution of at least Rs 200 crore per annum.
The state government is chalking out a policy wherein surplus power available from April to October will be adjusted to remove peak-hour power restrictions. Asserting that Himachal Pradesh was poised to be the nation's top state in power production the Himachal Power Minister, Ms Vidya Stokes, said a hydel policy …
Alcoa Aluminio started prospecting at the Juriti bauxite deposit in Para state, north Brazil, part of a planned expansion in bauxite, alumina and aluminium output, a spokeswoman said. "But so far there has been no formal definition of the new bauxite project," said the spokewoman for the Brazilian unit of …
The forest officials of Bandipur in Karnataka have hit upon a novel conservation plan by eliminating use of firewood by villagers residing along the periphery of the national park. They are encouraged to go in for LPG. The villagers there used to collect firewood by felling trees in the national …
Despite the previous Digvijay Singh-led Congress Government's emphasis on structuring special policies for the of forest dwellers, the Congress suffered a crushing defeat in the just concluded Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections in the tribal areas.
The Madhya Pradesh Government would soon bring out a white paper on the tendu leaf policy, which would be thoroughly reviewed to benefit the poor, the Forest Minister, Mr Dhal Singh Bisen said.
Asia's largest freshwater Dal Lake in Srinagar is shrinking due to siltation, increased urbanisation and polluted inflow from peripheral areas. The Environment and Forests Minister, Mr T R Baalu, told the Rajya Sabha that the Central assistance of Rs 102.45 crore had been provided to the Jammu and Kashmir Government …
The genus Erythrina (Fam: Leguminosae) is represented by over 100 species, distributed throughout North and South America, Australia, Africa and Asia and is among some of the easiest plants to grow. They are commonly known as coral trees on account of their brilliant blossoms ranging from an intense red to …
About 600 boys and girls of primary schools of the Lyari Expressway Rehabilitation Project (LERP) (Pakistan) took part in a mass tree plantation programme at their dwelling place to mark the beginning of festivities for independence day. The boys and girls, in neat and clean uniforms and holding national flags …
The Goa State government has constituted a special committee to monitor the state's efforts of enhancing the national forest cover, as urged for by the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests. The committee is being headed by the Chief Secretary and all other government departments involved in tree and forest …
