Residents up in arms over hacking of trees
Residents of BEST Nagar in Goregaon (west)(Mumbai) have alleged that nearly 20 trees in their compound were chopped by the representatives of the housing societies in the area in the last few days under the pretext of trimming. The BEST Nagar co-operative housing societies union, the committee which oversees maintenance …
Locals take strong stand about illegal tree felling
On a verbal complain lodged by the local people about illegal felling down of the Shisau trees existing beside the east-western Gandak canal, the Rautahat District Police Office (DPO), (Nepal) has taken actin against one of the police officers involved in the racket and has started further investigation.
Forest encroachers in jail
Rupendehi District Court (Nepal) has given a verdict of imprisonment to two persons on the charge of encroachment of forest. A group of people led by Krishana Nepali of Anandaban and Nanda Ram Thapa of Shankarnagar VDCS had attempted to encroach 50 bighas forest belonging to Shankarnagar community forest area …
Royalty on bamboo wood to tribals
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh claimed that his state would be the first in the country to distribute royalty on bamboo wood and other minor produce to tribals.
Australian capital escapes bushfire danger
Thousands of people in Canberra watched and waited for bushfires yesterday but favourable winds spared the Australian capital a return of blazes that devastated suburbs on the weekend. Weary residents in the smoke-filled city remained on rooftops with garden hoses as the sun set over the capital, eyeing the horizon …
Pak insect `invasion` gives Indian scientists nightmares
It is not a Pakistani invasion but a species of insect that originated from Pakistan's Southern Sindh provience is giving sleepless nights to the Indian scientists in Rajasthan. The insects - Derolus Discicollis Gahen - has infected Rajasthan's life tree - Khejri or Prosopis Cineraria resulting in drying of a …
Winds threaten to push bushfires into Canberra
The authorities placed thousands of Caneberra residents on evacuation alert as temperatures rose and dangerous wind gusts pushed a fire front closer to Australia's national capital. The flames have killed four people and razed 419 home sin the last four days.
Bangladeshis having free run in reserve forests
Even though environmental organizations crying hoarse about the need for protecting nature, encroachment of forest land continues unabated. This is specially true of reserve forests of Assam. The Burhachapori Reserve Forest, Bhomoraguri Reserve Forest, Panpur, Naduar, Kuchmora Forest of Sonitpur have been denuded of rare and valuable trees like sal, …
Land sharks eye PBC`s green initiative in Delhi
Paharpur Business Center and Software Technology Incubator Park (PBC-STIP) is struggling to keep land sharks off an environment initiative undertaken by them in the Capital. The green initiative is being poached for the proposed development of a night-bazar, among other things. And to complicate matters further, PBC has to contend …
Widening NH-8: 3,000 trees to pay with life
Over three thousand full-grown trees in south Delhi will be cut to enable the National Hihgway Authority of India (NHAI) to convert the NH-8 into a 4/4 lanes super highway. Even the tress on the centre verge of the highway aren't likely to be spared. The city government's Forest Department …
Tribals against forest eviction
Tribals from across the country will gather in Delhi in March to protest a government directive to clear 1.25 million hectares of forest of squatters. Tribal leaders say the move will deprive 10 million people of their livelihood. The rally is being organised by the Bharatiya Gana Abhiyan, a social …
Australia, ancient land scarred by bushfires
An inferno this weekend in Canberra, the worst fires the capital city has seen with around 400 homes incinerated in under 24 hours and two householders killed, are as natural to the bush as are kangaroos and emus, or sun and rain. In the weeks before last Christmas, fires raged …
SFC trucks engaged in timber smuggling
In one of the most interesting case, officers of Forest Protection Force (FPF), Jammu, have seized 42 illegal timber secants from three State Forest Corporation (SFC) trucks.
Sumatra forests face threats
Sumatra's forests, once the most diverse in terms of plant species in the world, are becoming the latest casualties of the debt woes plaguing two of Asia's largest pulp companies.That, at least, is the opinion of Michael Stuwe, a U.S. zoologist working with the World Wide Fund for Nature environmental …
Time to get realistic about forest crisis
Indonesia forests are in direstraits. This fact is not debatable anymore, and is in such a state that there is no longer any news value in the tragic state of affairs. Only the consequences of Indonesia's forest crisis is noteworthy in the midst of the people suffering price increases, while …
Australia bush fires claim two lives, 388 homes
Fires continued to burn in the west of the Australian capital on Sunday after firestorm conditions killed two people and destroyed an estimated 388 homes in the worst bush fire crisis the capital has seen. "There are still fires burning throughout Canberra, but particularly (the suburbs of ) Duffy, Holder, …
Firms cultivate greenery on urban rooftops
A growing number of companies have taken up the challenge of developing materials to support plant life on urban rooftops, inspired by a Tokyo Metropolitan Government ordinance that came into force about one and a half years ago. The environment
Emergency declared as wildfires hit Canberra
One person was feared dead and atleast 36 homes were destroyed as bushfires engulfed Australia's national capital Canberra, on Jan 18 overwhelming attempts at containment. Fire authorities fear the number of destroyed houses could be at least double in what officials say is the worst national disaster to hit the …
Community forestry and Rural livelihood
The Community Forestry program was launched in Nepal two and half decade ago to encourage people's participation in various forest activities.People, no doubt, have been receiving direct and indirect benefits from the forests.
