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 …
Inspired by the overwhelming success of community forestry in hills and mid-hills of Nepal, the government is working on a policy to give dense forest of Terai to local communities for management, said a senior official at the Ministry of Forest and Social conservation (MoFSC).
People have smeared blue vitriol and lime solution on trees to save them from mysterious disease. A section of environmentalists said the disease has come along with Australian grass. Green trees are drying at several places in Bhopal city, Madhya Pradesh. This has raised alarm signals as the cause remains …
In the absence of security personnel, timber smuggling to Tibet is widespread from forests in the frontier district of Humla in mid-western Nepal. The sam started after a police post stationed near the border was shifted to the district headquarters, Simikot 10 months ago.
The news of the Bombay Natural History Society and the National Society of the Friends of the Trees(FoT) finding no representation in the civic Tree authority has come as a shock to tree lovers. The Authority comprises 15 corporators and it can have up to 15 nominated members.
According to Union ministry of Environment and forests around 45,000 tribals in Maharashtra and 1.5 million in India are not indigenous to the land but encroachers on the forest department's domain. They have no right to live or cultivate on the land or even make use of forest materials.
Ecological impact of joint forest management (JFM) in India was assessed using the studies undertaken at national, state and forest division levels. It was found that there are very few studies that have specifically addressed the ecological aspects under JFM. The study noted that there are significant strides made in …
Delhi Government has decided to depute NGOs to monitor the survival rate of saplings planted by the Forest Department. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Shailaja Chandra earlier this month. These NGOs will be assigned specific areas in the city where plantation has been undertaken.
A clean and green Chennai is the mantra on the lips of every environmentalist, bureaucrat or politician, who gets an opportunity to address any meting related to an environmental issue. There are several on going debates about the possibilities and success of making Chennai 'clean and green'. Due to industrialisation …
Tribal leader C K Janu today reiterated that the activists of the Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha and the Adivasi Dalit Samar Samithi would forcibly occupy the forest land across the Kerala state, including the forest land at Mathikettan, as part of the second phase of the tribal stir proposed to …
Oil industry heavyweight Pemex had to throw in the towel recently when a group of irate fisherfolk brought operations at its refinery in Salina Cruz, in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, to a grinding halt. The protesters were demanding compensation for damage which, they claim, was caused by a diesel …
There's bad news for illegal loggers, diamond miners and drug runners. A huge radar system called System for the Vigilance of the Amazon or sivam would scan 5.2 million square kilometres of the dense Amazon rainforest and keep track of the activities going on inside it. A labyrinth of 25 …
Note: Ca2+-calcium ion, K1+-potassium ion, Mg2+-magnesium ion, H+-hydrogen ion, H2SO4-sulphuric acid, HNo3-nitric acid; Black arrow-precipitation derived nutrients, Red arrow-rock derived nutrients Source: University of California (www.info.ucr.edu/cgi_bin/display.cgi) as viewed on July 22, 2002 acid rain leaches essential metal nutrients such as potassium, calcium and magnesium from the top soil, posing a …
parasite infection combined with a weakened immune system caused by pesticide exposure are causing deformities in frogs in the us state of Pennsylvania, indicates a recent research. The research, jointly administered by Virginia-based National Science Foundation (nsf) and Maryland-based National Institutes of Health (nih), includes the first experimental studies of …
The afforestation programme undertaken by the Gujarat forest department with financial assistance of Rs 608 crore from Japan has helped raise forest area by two per cent in last five years, state forest minister Daulatbhai Desai has claimed.
Use of ethanol as a blend in automobile fuel would benefit a cross section of the society besides reducing consumption of fossil fuel and controlling vehicular emissions. This was the message sought to be conveyed by stake holders keen on speedy launch of bio fuel at one day business meet …
The NWFP Governor (Pakistan) Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the Frontier province is the major repository of forest and mountain resources in the country but still there is a need for plantation of more trees in order to provide neat and clean environment to the people.
Months after allegations of a housing society of senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers cutting trees without the Tree Authority's approval were made, Lokayukta V P Tipnis has ordered the civic authorities (Mumbai) to conduct an inquiry into the matter.
Despite the constitution of a separate Act to prevent cutting of trees, twin city authorities like the Secunderabad Cantonment Board and Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad have failed to prevent the practice. Several trees have been uprooted and cut, particularly on the main roads in West and East Marredpally, Andhra Pradesh. …
mobile phone radiation can cause changes in human cells that might affect the brain, indicates a study conducted by Finland's radiation and nuclear safety authority. According to the study, exposure to radiation from mobile phones can cause increased activity in hundreds of proteins in human cells. The researchers focused on …
Hundreds of wildfires are raging throughout Russia, as a record head wave has set in most parts of the country. Thousands of hectares of wild forests are consumed by fire every day in the Far East Siberia and Central Russia.
