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 Pakistan government launched a tree plantation campaign in the country setting a target of planting over 39.5 million saplings in the monsoon season , officials in the ministry of environment and Capital Development Authority (CDA) said. President General Pervez Musharraf inaugurated the campaign by planting a sapling in Rawalpindi. …
There is a need to protect forests besides making coordinated efforts to make the tree plantation campaign a success, NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said. He was speaking after inaugurating the Monsoon tree plantation drive at the Frontier House by planting a tree sapling.
Khanpur dam's (Pakistan) water level has sharply risen, officials said. The level was increasing due to continuing wet spell in the catchment area in Hazara, officials said. Khanpur dam is the third water reservoir in the Haripur district. The other two are Tarbela and Ghazi Barotha. The Khanpur dam administration, …
The Ranto Canal failed to carry 6,500 cusecs of water from the Nara Canal to the Chotiari Reservoir (Pakistan) as heavy silt, grass, bushes and weak embankments blocked it from flowing at full capacity. The Chotiari Reservoir is an off-stream storage reservoir on the Nara Canal system spread over 45,000 …
The preservation and commmercial production of herbs has been started in Chitwan district for the first time in Nepal by constructing herbs orchards and exihibition plots. Although Chitwan, which is one of the richest districts for bio-diversity, has a vegetation lavish with hundreds of species of herbs of medical, religious …
The government has issued a draft notification to revise standards to regulate the presence of metals and pesticides in beverages. The draft notification proposes to extend the norms for pesticide residues in bottled water which will come into force from January 1 2004 to all kinds of beverages, including soft …
Efforts of the Union Government to bring more and more area under forest and tree cover notwithstanding, proposals from state governments and union territories to divert forest land for non-forestry use are being cleared expeditiously now than ever before. According to sources in the Forest Ministry, against an average annual …
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi development authority (DDA) to take appropriate steps to maintain and develop the area near Ahimsa Marg, village Rajapur in Rohini in west as a green area.
The Delhi Cantonment Board, which extracts about 5 lakh litres of groundwater per day through its borewells, has done nothing towards replenishing the groundwater level in n age of water harvesting.
In blatant disregard for wildlife and in violation of the Forest Conservation Act, the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is building several facilities in Mahavir Jayanti Park, a part of the Delhi Ridge it is supposed to protect. Any construction in the Ridge, a notified reserve forest, is permitted only …
If the Urban Development Ministry's proposal to regularise unauthorised colonies in the Capital gets the green signal before next summer, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) will have to meet a staggering increase in demand for water. And in an election year, the Delhi government will be on the brink of …
The recent report of 40 fire incidents in forests and Jammu and Kashmir State Forest Corporation (SFC) depots during the past one year in Doda district alone is a matter of serious concern for those who value green wealth of Jammu and Kashmir. It is not only the resources which …
Around 140 new frog species have been discovered in Sri Lanka's rainforest, catapulting the island to an amphibian hotspot of global significance. A team of US, Belgian and Lankan scientists recorded the findings as they surveyed the island's disappearing wildlife. The researchers, led by Madhava Meegaskumbura, called for the preservation …
The Bush administration will unveil a new federal forest management plan that would drop a requirement to monitor endangered species and eliminate environmental impact statements when revising forest plans, according to environmental groups and documents obtained by Reuters. The wide-ranging proposal is likely to trigger a new round of skirmishing …
The Bush administration has proposed to give managers of the 155 national forests more discretion to approve logging and commercial activities with less evaluation of potential damage to the environment. Under the existing rules, the government must assess the likely effects on the environment whenever its revises a 15-year plan …
The road from Prospect Hill to Chakkar Ambulance Road, which is under construction, is in the eye of a storm due to the cutting of a few trees. The MC and CPWD have virtually locked horns over the issue. The MC is constructing a road under the Prime Minister Rozgar …
In another major revision of the government's role in regulating the environment, the Bush administration has proposed new rules for planning the management of 192 million acres of federal forests and grasslands. Jesse Kendrick prepares to trim a tree's branches during an operation in the Stanislaus National Forest in September …
The Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Union and State departments of Environment and Forests, as well as the National Highways Authority, on a public interest litigation petition seeking planting of saplings in the place of trees that had been felled, during widening of the National Highway-46 from …
The forest department has a plan for plantation of 3,35,41,230 saplings during the countrywide afforestation programme in 2002-2003 fiscal year. This was disclosed by the Minister for Environment and Forest Shajahan Siraj while replying to a question from Delwar Hossain Sayed of Jamaat in the Jatiya Sangsad.
