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 …
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Karnataka High Court seeking a directive to the Government to vacate the Bangalore Press Club, which houses one of the most famous watering holes in the city. In his petition, an environmentalist Bhimal N Desai has contended that the existence …
The first international meeting of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, an economic development and conservation program for six Central African countries, is set to open in Paris on Tuesday. Under pressure from population growth, poverty, unsustainable resource use, and political instability, the Congo Basin forests are the focus of a …
The process of eviction of people occupying forest lands has gained momentum in Kodagu district, Karnataka. The forest department issued notices to those encroaching the land following the Supreme Court Order that these persons should be evicted before May 2003. Encroachment of forest land is a matter of serious concern. …
Even as the administration in districts and the Tamil Nadu state government are preparing to launch the wasteland development programme, local bodies, farmers and farmworkers, besides non-governmental organisations, have intensified their opposition.
Water supply in Chennai will be restricted to alternate days from January 18 onwards, a Metrowater press release said. The decision has been taken because of low levels of water in the Chennai city reservoirs.
Three office-bearers of the Barto and Tihri panchayats in Sundernagar subdivision of the Mandi district have been arrested for illicit felling of about 200 pine trees in a reserved forest on Monday night, it was officially learnt. According to an FIR, villagers of the two panchayats felled the trees in …
Delhi government is planning to make possession of computerised Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates mandatory for vehicle owners soon. A computerisation drive is on and 223 of the 500-odd pollution testing centres in the city have already been computerised. Under the new system, getting a new certificate would take all …
Calling upon the Centre to get the SYL canal constructed through its agencies in pursuance of the Supreme Court verdict, Haryana Congress chief Bhajan Lal today said party workers would "fill the jails of Haryana and Delhi' if the canal was not completed in the next nine months. Addressing a …
A 15-member gang felled and carted away 13-fully-grown sandalwood trees worth Rs 25 lakhs from Pune. The culprits first chained on duty forest guard Sahebrao Tilekar and labourer Vishwanath Ranjane to one of the trees and thrashed them till they were seriously injured. The tree-felling incident and the stoic attitude …
Activists of Adivasi Kshema Samithi (AKS), a pro-CPM tribal outfit, encroached vested forest land at 14 different locations in Kalpetta district of Kerala, today accusing the State Government of retracting from the promise with regard to allotment of cultivable land in lieu of alienated Adivasi land.
The Norwegians are helping to green Jammu and Kashmir. The cost : Rs 12000 crores. The scheme envisages rehabilitation, development and scientific management of the forests in a time bound programme spanning over 20 years. Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has already discussed this programme with the Norwegian ambassador in …
The Task Force constituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government on Bhopal Declaration had urged the Central Government to have a re-look at the Forest Act 1980, which had not proved to be pro-tribal. The Task force in fact blamed the whole society and the plethora of environmentalists for depriving the …
Writ Petition number 202 of 1995; Godavarman v the Union of India and others. This is the ‘forest case’ being heard in Supreme Court for the past seven years. With more than 800 interlocutory applications (ias) filed, the case will dictate the fate of India’s forests and an estimated 10 …
The drive against forest encroachers began in Assam on May 7, 2002. It reached a flashpoint during the eviction drive in Botahguli, where one person died of bullet injuries after paramilitary forces opened fire to control a mob. It immediately became a political issue. The powerful student bodies of Assam …
• P V Jaykrishnan, chairperson. Retired as secretary to the Union ministry of environment and forests on November 30 • N K Joshi, member. Additional director general of forests, Union ministry of environment and forests • Valmik Thapar, member. Founder of the Ranthambhore Foundation; wildlife enthusiast; called the
Rampant corruption in Indonesia is hampering government efforts to crack down on illegal logging and prevent the widespread environmental damage caused by the trade in illicit forestry products, according to a report due to released.
While the state government is vigorously pursuing a proposal for carrying out green fellings to raise additional revenue, the environmentalists are concerned over the alarming fall in the area under dense forests in the hill state. The overall green cover in the state has been increasing only marginally but the …
In a bid to arrest the alarming depletion of green cover in the Tamil Nadu state, the government is contemplating a special legislation to make tree feeling a cognizable offence. The draft version, called the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Trees Bill, is awaiting final touches and is being pursued with …
