High Court stays land conversion at Ela
The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has stayed, until further orders, any developmental activities being done on a plot in Ela, Old Goa where deforestation over seven hectares of land has been carried out. The court has also restrained the deputy collector from renewing or issuing a fresh …
Court orders status quo in tree felling case
Ms Harinder Sidhu, Civil Judge, ordered status quo on a suit filed by the Dalit community of Siswan village in Kharar tehsil for permanent injunction, restraining the defendants, including the forest Ranger, sultanpur Taprian village, and the District Forest Officer, Ropar from issuing permit for the felling of the Khair …
Women join hands to protect forest wealth
Women in large numbers have volunteered to work as guards in protecting wildlife and forest wealth in Thekkady which falls under the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala. These women wearing caps and uniforms, numbering six each in eight groups headed by a captain, fall in the age group of 20 …
Campaign among pilgrims likely
The speakers at a seminar on 'Sabarimala pilgrimage - protection and conservation of forest' in Pathanamthitta, Kerala today said that a massive campaign on conservation and protection of forest should be launched launched among the Sabarimala pilgrims from the southern states.
Japan Bank may fund Rajasthan forestry project
The Japan Bank for International cooperation (JBIC) is likely to fund Rajasthan's Rs 443-crore forestry and bio-diversity project. 'The project, covering 18 districts of the state, envisages afforestation of 124000 hectares of land,' a forest department official said.
70% forest land encroached by influential people in Jammu
About 70% of the forest land has been encroached either by the people living in and around the forests or by the influential citizens of the state with the help of the forest mafia.Fully aware of the situation, the forest department has its eyes shut and refuse to acknowledge the …
Naidu rules out eviction of forest encroachers
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, ruled out eviction of the pre 1980 forest encroachments. Addressing a new conference he said the Government was in favour of regularising them. The government had already asked for identifying the pre 1980 encroachments and the forest lands occupied thereafter by conducting …
Security threats hinder forest conservation
Forest conservation and research are facing serious setbacks due to security reasons, which has forced forest offices at the grass-root level to close. According to the Department of Forest (DoF), the department responsible for implementing forest conservation programmes,many grass root level offices like the area forest offices and range posts …
State seeks additional time to settle forest encroachers
The Maharashtra state forest department has asked the supreme court for more time to settle the problem of encroachments on forest land in view of the hardship evictions would cause to the encroachers of whom 73000 are tribals. Based on orders from the apex court, the Union ministry of environment …
Targeting tribal people
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests seeks to clear 12.5 lakh hectares of forest land by evicting its 10-million strong tribal population.
A complex case
Even as the Supreme Court directs Karnataka to implement the order of the Cauvery River Authority, the real issues involved in the interstate dispute remain unresolved.
Dejected tree lover to move High Court
The 26-year-old Mahim resident, James Godwin (Maharashtra) who was recently assaulted for complaining about illegal tree-cutting in his area, has now decided to move the high court to ensure qucker BMC action in the case. 'I am not satisfied by the slow progress made by the police and the BMC …
Malwa may become desert, warn scientists
Scientists of Tropical Forest Research Institute have warned against sudden decertification of Malwa region (Madhya Pradesh) owing to the drying up of trees due to fungal diseases and lack of coordinated public effort towards conservation of the environment.
Depleting of grassland in Chitwan Park endangers birds
Due to floods and swelling of rivers and streams inside the Royal Chitawan National Park last July hundreds of hectares of grassland have been converted into bare river banks badly affecting the existence or rare species of birds normally sheltering there.
Singapore to rate trees in dollars
The National Parks Board will start putting dollar values to trees in an effort to deter developers from cutting them down, a report said. The board will use criteria like girth, the economic value of the land it is standing on and the amount of shade it provides in assigning …
Coir to replace wood for 'clean growth'
Coir can contribute to promotion of clean energy and for development of cleaner and more efficient environment technologies as it can substitute wood, thereby preventing felling of tropical trees, experts said. The alarming decline in the global tribal forest cover which today is a mere 6 per cent (down from …
Wooden furniture to be replaced by plastic in schools : Saifur
The Bangladesh government may replace the existing wooden chairs and tables by quality plastic-made furniture in all primary and secondary schools to give a boost to petrochemical industry and save the country's forest resources, Finance Minister Saifur Rahman announced.
Rlys, IIT in list of major defaulters
The fund starved Government is losing huge amounts of money due to the failure of the public works departments and Central government organisations to pay the royalty due to the forest Department on account of use of forest produce for construction works. Interestingly, the defaulters include prominent Central Government organisations …
Eviction drive on forest land soon
Assam Government is likely to resume eviction drives to clear the forest land of encroachers on a selective basis.Eviction operations this time are likely to be limited to those who settled in the forest land after 1980.
