Fighting flames
Come summer and forest break out in JNU's campus destroying vast areas of tree cover and endangering the lives of students. But the authorities remain indifferent : A report.
Forest-fires cause huge loss
Recent incidents of forest fire in the Kangra district have destroyed forest wealth worth lakhs of rupees with Forest Department officials watching helplessly.
White paper on forests in State demanded
BJP State president C K Padmanabhan has demanded that the Kerala State Government publish a white paper on the status of forests in Kerala. Padmanabhan said a white paper would help to bring to book the actual culprits involved. "Encroachments have taken place even before the formation of the state, …
Lemon grass is Bastar's new money spinner
Winds of change are sweeping Palwa village in Bastar. The farmers are earning a good amount of money by putting to use non-cultivable Government land that was being encroached upon. If successful the signs of which are already visible the region can become a leader in the production of soil …
Shola demarcation runs into rough weather
Even as the evictees from the controversial Mathikettan Shola are busy mobilising political support for legitimising their encroachments, the Forest and Revenue Departments are going ahead with the job of demarcating the Shola area so that the dual control over the area could be brought to an end. According to …
DC orders probe into forest fire
Deputy Commissioner Seema Jain, while taking serious note of the incident, has ordered a thorough probe into the causes which led to the Mirzapur forest fire, and into the extent of the loss as result of it. A major fire which broke out in 3200 acres of forest in Mirzapur, …
10,000 neem saplings planted in Sivasagar district
In a bid to save Sivasagar town in Assam from increasing pollution caused by a rapid increase in vehicular traffic, industrialisation and the oil industry ONGC, Sivasagar district administration formally inaugurated the ambitious eco-scheme for converting the Sivasagar as "Neem township" by planting 10,000 neem saplings in the town recently.
JNU plans a special garden
Buoyed by the revamp initiated by its recently appointed Vice-Chancellor, G.K. Chadha, the Campus Development Committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru University is planning a 25 acre garden on the campus housing different species of trees named after eminent Indians.
Bandh disrupts life in Guwahati
The dawn to dusk bandh, called by nine Left and democratic political parties, affected life in Guwahati today. Political parties, including the CPI(M), and CPI, the AGP and the NCP called the bandh in protest against the on-going eviction in and around the capital town by the forest department to …
When forest wealth goes up in flames
With the arrival of summers, reports about forest fires keep pouring in from the Shivalik hills, lower Himalayas and the plains until the outbreak of the monsoon. forest fires are a constant cause of worry as they are a significant factor in the degradation of forests, which have already shrunk …
State to improve sandalwood cultivation
Chief Secretary Dr. A Ravindra today said that the Karnataka State Government will take up appropriate measures to promote sandalwood cultivation, including new schemes, as part of the rural development programmes. The State had already amended laws pertaining to growing sandalwood trees and had permitted private sector to enter sandalwood …
Day or reckoning
The ongoing eviction of encroachers form forest land in Assam as per a Supreme Court directive has proved to be an acid test for the new Tarun Gogoi-led Congress Government's political will to carry out an administrative measure which has a lot of detractors. The government's determined and firm handling …
Government to paint the state green
The Punjab state forest department has chalked out a comprehensive campaign to make all the cities of the state green and pollution free by planting maximum number of trees in coordination with the municipal bodies and NGOs.
Protest against patent on cloning
In a significant development, the United States Parents & Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent on human reproductive cloning and any other 'products' created by the process including embryos, foetuses and children.
11 plant species found
Eleven species of plants have been discovered on a remote French Pacific island, the Tahitipresse news agency reported from Papeete. It said about four American scientists, sponsored by National Geographic magazine, had found the plants on Rapa, 1200 kilometers southeast of Tahiti.
Deforestation hits Chambal
Samajwadi Party's National Secretary and Member of Parliament Ramji Lal Suman, ha demanded firm action against Mafia gangs responsible for large scale deforestation in Bah area of Chambal ravines in Madhya Pradesh. Pointing to the dangers that dredging posed to wildlife to forests and aquatic life in Chambal river. Mr. …
Solid water
Chinese scientists have developed a kind of "solid water" that can be used for planting trees in deserts. Ninety-seven % of the "solid water" is actual water, while the remaining 3% is a kind of macromolecular polymer extracted from animals and plants. Wu Yunxiang, a researchers for the Shenyang Senlu …
FPF seizes Deodar timber in Bhaderwah
A routine patrolling party of the Forest Protection Force (FPF) Doda unit in Jammu seized about 115 cft of allegedly illegal Deodar timber that was cut into various sizes apart from other forest produce like resin, charcoal, guchchies, willow clefts, khair, horses etc. FPF has also made remarkable contribution in …
Concern over forest cover depletion in Kokrajhar dist.
Project Green Earth has been launched in Kokrajhar district of Assam synchronising with the State inauguration of Green Earth project by the Chief Minster of Assam on May 14 last. The project was undertaken by the Assam Police with an aim to plant five lakh seedlings all over the State. …
