Meghalaya to implement joint forest management project
The Meghalaya forest department, with funds from the Central government will soon be implementing a Joint Forest Management Project in the state and many villages in Garo Hills are expected to benefit from the scheme. The project will lay emphasis on watershed and the community will be able to play …
CPCB tested soft drinks out of curiosity
Members of the joiint parliamentary committee on colas heard with disbelief that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had tested soft drinks for pesticide residues out of sheer curiosity. For the record, it appears the CPCB, too, found pesticide norms exceeded EU norms, in most of the soft drinks, though …
Wildfire Turns California Resort Into Tinderbox
Southern California wildfires turned into an "Apocalypse Now" as a firestorm raced through the mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead destroying an estimated 250 homes in minutes and leaving officials fearing that the fiery rage would not abate yesterday. Fire officials said the only hope they had for preventing a repeat …
Wildfires threaten 2 mountain towns
With towering flames bearing down on Sounthern California's mountain towns, firefighters dug in to protect hundreds of homes on Thursday while looking for more help from cooler temperatures.
NCC cadets gear up for green mission in city
NCC cadets are gearing up to make Chennai city greener. They will soon embark on a month-long movement to plant thousands of saplings in and around the city in Defence land, in their colleges, schools and homes. The campaign for a 'Green and Clean' City, aimed at involving the younger …
River linking project to begin from MP
The work on interlinking of rivers will start from Madhya Pradesh. According to sources, "the work on two river interlinking projects is to be implemented this year, one will link the Ken and Betwa rivers in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.The second will interlink Parvati, Kalisindh and Chambal rivers in …
Dhubri forests fall prey to mafia rapacity
The forests in Dhubri district are facing a virtual wipeout. The roads along which trees were beautifully lined now look much the worse for a malady of epidemic proportions-timber smuggling.
The Chinese touch to Indian bamboo
Thanks to a project funded by the United Nations development Programme, awareness about the economic potential of bamboo cultivation in the country's North-East region has increased manifold. However, by all indications at present a lot needs to be done in terms of policy and its execution as also funds if …
Death toll rises in California as fires blaze
The death toll and estimates of property damage continued rising in southern California yesterday as wildfires continued to resist containment and flared with renewed ferocity in mountains east of Los Angeles and areas inland from San Diego.
A fire bill to fight fires
California are no strangers to the deadly confluence of heat, low humidity and high winds that have created an implacable crescent of fire in Southern California, destroying woodlands, brush, homes and lives.
NGO in Assam `forest fire`
A front-ranking environmental group of Assam is in the midst of a raging controversy, with State Forest Department refuting itrs claims about discovery and rediscovery of rainforests in the State. Department officials have also accused the NGO, Nature's Beckon, of plagiarizing maps and texts on reserve forests.
Teak wood worth Rs 1.56 lakh seized, two arrested
Forest officials have arrested two persons with teak wood worth Rs 1.56 lakh on the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday. They were smuggling the teak wood from Maukundal forest under Dehri range at Bagli. Acting on a tip off the forest officials kept a strict vigil in the area and at …
HC orders notice on TDB plea for forest lands at Sabarimala
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today ordered notice on a petition moved by the Tranvancore Devaswom Board (TDB) seeking to direct the Central and State Governments to allot forest lands at Sabarimala and Pampa for providing the minimal basic amenities to pilgrims.
California wildfires kill 11, threaten 30,000 homes
Wildfires raging in southern California on Sunday killed as many as 11 people and destroyed nearly 500 homes and officials said there was no immediate end in sight as new fires continued to pop up and the skies throughout the region filled with acrid blck smoke.
Tree felling resumes with full gusto in Canacona
After a brief lull in tree feling and poaching activities in Canacona taluka, the illegal activities are going on with full gusto, right in front of thepersonnel of the forest department and not in the wild forest region of Canacona taluka.
Plantations where forests once grew
According to official statistics from the Tangail Forest Office, the state of the Modhupur forest is so alarming it should set off alarm bells. Of the 46,000 acres in the Tangail part of the forest, 7,800 acres have been given over to rubber cultivation, 1,000 acres to the Air Force, …
More sawmills opposed
The Wildlife Society of Orissa has opposed the recommendation of an official committee for establishment of 70 more sawmills in the State.
When floweirng spells famine
Scientific studies predicting "gregarious flowering" of bamboo in the northeast by 2006-07 is giving sleepless nights to the Ministry of Environment and Forests as the phenomenon is often associated with famines.The flowering produces large quantities of seeds on whcih the reodents thrive. Soon after, seed regeneration starts and the rats …
Wildfires hit California
Fire-fighters battled both flames and treacherous Santa Ana winds as they sought to subdue a wildfire that destroyed foru houses, a handful of cars and chased more than 1,000 people from their homes.
