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 dismissed a petition of Legislative Council Chairman B L Shankar seeking a resurvey of Kundoor Plantation in Mudigere taluk of Chikmagalur district of Karnataka, in which he is a partner. He had filed a petition in the apex court after surrendering to the Forest Department 27 acres, …
Jammu and Kashmir Government is formulating a forest policy for conservation and judicious use of states forest resources. Sofi stressed to enhance the overall forest cover upto 60% of the state's total geographical area through massive afforestation, commercial plantation, farm forestry and social forestry schemes on all the degraded and …
Ireland has initiated legal action against the UK, contending that the controversial Sellafield nuclear plant be shut down since it pollutes the Irish Sea with radioactive waste and is at risk of being targeted by terrorists. The plant is located in northwest England, opposite Ireland's east coast. Ireland has taken …
Officially, reserved forests (rf) in Orissa cover 26,329 square kilometres (sq km) and demarcated protected forests and undemarcated protected forests 15,525 sq km. Village Forests and other
August will be the Day of Mar watchers: The red planet will come closest to our home in 60,000 years on that day. The planet, "getting bigger" since the beginning of May will be the brightest object in the night sky of 27 August. It'll start "shrinking" again in September, …
Lessons for how to make Delhi green can be learnt from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Other than giving the Delhiiites a safe and sound ride, the Corporation is busy giving new life to the trees uprooted during the Metro rail construction work. The relocation of the trees started …
The fifth mega pumping station of the Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) was inaugurated in the Capital on Sunday with much fanfare by Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Ram Naik. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Naik said that long queues of vehicles at the CNG filling stations have become …
Hundreds of trees planted by nature lovers and non-governmental organisations over last five years have transformed a barren patch at the Sewage Treatment Plant in Thane, Mumbai. But now they face the axe. The Thane Municipal Corporation plans to uproot almost all the trees to make way for a 3,000 …
It is common knowledge now that droughts, floods, famines, epidemics, pollution, etc., are all man made disasters! And, the consequences of deforestation in its entirety! Deforestation means cutting of any tree and stripping of natural vegetation anywhere and everywhere, and not just the forests per se. An apt example is …
The implementation of Integrated Forest Fire Management Plan in the lower Shivaliks in Haryana this year has helped reduce incidences of fire in the forests of Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunanagar.
The West Bengal state forest department will resist the implementation of the proposed East-West Corridor with all its might in order to save the forestlands and wildlife of north Bengal, especially Jalpaiguri.
Acute climatic variations, besides other factors, are devastating certain species of trees in Punjab, Haryana and other parts of this region. Experts have come to this conclusion after studying the climatic conditions in this region during the past 30 years.
A meeting of the House Committee on Estimates was held in Srinagar to review the forest scenario in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chairman of the Committee, Mohammad Shafi Bhat presided. It was felt that forests in the state over the years have been degraded and need vigorous afforestation. It was …
The subject committee of the Forest Department, Bangalore led by Shashil G Namoshi, in its report submitted to the government, has recommended use of 25% of the revenue accrued from forest resources in the Canara Circle, for afforestation purposes in the backdrop of the widespread destruction of forests in the …
The Commissioner of the Corporation of City of Panaji told Herald that the rain trees along Campal, Panjim, Goa, on the Kala Academy side, the threatened felling of which had evoked a storm of protests, would be untouched in the alignment of the four-lane road between Campal to Miramar.
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court directed the Government to take immediate steps to restore the 20 acres of evergreen virgin forest in Thanchampara panchayat in Palakkad secured by a private person through fraudulent means 1979. Hamza Haji of Karimba, Makkarkkad in Palakkad district, had sought exemption for …
A huge consignment of sandalwood headed to Myanmar from Chennai was seized in Guwahati with forest and police officials suspecting that it was being smuggled out. About 60 tonnes of red and white sandalwood, was seized by Government Railway Police following information from forest officials even as the logs were …
The Haryana Forest Department will bring over 12,600 hectares under afforestation under the "Samanvit Gram Vanikaran Samridhi Yojana" during the 10th Five Year Plan. In order to promote afforestation, the department has also decided to honour a village panchayat, which makes significant contribution to the plantation drive, with the "Best …
Almost entirely stripped of its forest cover after its bifurcation three years ago, Bihar now plans a massive greening of its desolate landscape. The state has ambitious plans to increase its forest cover from the existing 6.07 per cent to 35 per cent, that too within a decade. Bihar's forest …
