Yet another eco-threat to Taj Trapezium
Thousands of trees lining the Agra-Firozabad Road, have been brutally felled to make way for a six channel highway, to link Delhi with Kanpur. The trees provided a green buffer between the Taj Mahal, a few kilometers west and polluting glass industries in the Firozabad-Shikohabad cluster. No satisfactory accounts are …
Krishna lashes out at Forest Dept. Officials
Chief Minister S M Krishna today lashed out at the State Forest Department for displaying lack of interest in taking group tree plantation programmes in Karnataka State. The Forest Department was supposed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the State government with respect to planting of these five crore …
Ban on planting saplings on PWD tank beds goes
In a major policy initiative, the Andhra Pradesh state government has lifted the ban on planting saplings on PWD and panchayat union tank beds and decided to "regularise" the toll on forest roads, the Forest Minister, P. Mohan, told the Assembly today. The curbs were being removed to increase the …
Degraded forests to be given new lease of life
The Andhra Pradesh state government will soon set in motion the second phase of Tamil Nadu Natural Resources Management Project at an outlay of Rs 779 crores at 1000 villages in the state, with the aim of giving degraded forests a new lease of life.
Plundering forest wealth
In Jammu and Kashmir where politicians bureaucrats forest contractors nexus has played havoc with the green gold for decades large scale encroachment of forest land and destruction of forests in frequent fires and other manmade calamities during the past decade have resulted in further shrinking of the forest cover....Editorial
Products of pollution
Pristine forests in South America have an unexpected nitrogen cycle that is driven largely by air pollution, acid rain and artificial nitrogen fertilisation, shows a study from the US Geological Survey and New Jersey-based Princeton University. Prior to this study, most scientists believed that nitrogen cycle consisted of forms that …
Not out of woods
vast areas of primary forests thought to be free from human intervention are in reality being degraded, indicate a series of reports from the World Resources Institute's (wri) Global Forest Watch. The reports are based on a two-year survey that covered Chile, Venezuela, Indonesia, Russia, Central Africa and North America. …
Even trees fall victim of communal riots
It happened in Panchmahal. This week it w as Chhota Upepur's turn. Environment has fallen victim to rioters. With tribals rearing to go in for the kill, trees are being chopped down in Chhota Udepur and surrounding regions (Gujarat) with alarming frequency.
Innovative drive to protect trees
The Department of Environment and the Department of Forest and Wildlife are trying to ensure that you don't miss the message. Propagating the need to protect, preserve and conserve trees in Delhi, the department is undertaking another innovative drive in the city, beginning next month. As a part of its …
Barog hills losing green cover
Corruption and the lack of strict government action against defaulters have resulted in the illegal felling of trees, haphazard construction activity and indiscriminate quarrying in the area. The hills are gradually losing their green cover, leading to a major ecological imbalance. Haphazard construction has also reduced the green cover to …
' Forest Protection Force being strengthened '
The Minister for Forest and Environment, Peerzada G.A. Shah has today in Jammu stressed need for further strengthening Forest Protection Force in order to save the forests from devastation.
State asked to grow 'eco-friendly' trees
Alarmed by the increase in planting of monoculture trees in Karnataka, the Centre has suggested to the State Government to take up spread growth of species which help keep environment unpolluted. Plantations in the southern region have promoted the growth of fast growing species which neither absorb carbondioxide nor give …
Government to remove encroachers in 3 months
The forest Minister, K. Sudhakaran, said that the eviction of encroachers in Mathikettan Shola, Kerala would take place in the next three months. He said the eviction would be completed after a thorough perusal of the title deeds which the encroachers claimed to have obtained from revenue authorities.
N-E's crop of trouble
Gregarious bamboo flowering - a phenomenon reminiscent of tragic Mizoram famine in the late 50s that is associated with a rise of rodent population and food scarcity - is spreading fast in several North-Eastern States, especially in Mizoram, Meghalaya, Southern Assam and Tripura once again after 50 years. Scientists at …
Bush fires new scare in Capital's urban, arid jungle
The premonition of a new scare in the Delhi's urban jungle is almost coming true. It is bush fires. Just over a week after a major fire destroyed seven acres of forest land in the JNU campus, yet another fire broke out in the campus last night. This was the …
Mathikettan issue comes up before High Court
The Additional Advocate General, Rajan Joseph, today gave an undertaking to a Bench of the Kerala High Court that steps would be taken to ensure that the encroachers in the Mathikettan forests in Kerala were evicted so as to restore the land to the Government.
Settlements destroyed in Nagpur forest area
In a response to a high court order banning human habitation in reserved forest areas, a joint team of forces from the department of forests, revenue and irrigation have completely demolished dwellings in Totladoh village, about 100 km near Nagpur (Maharashtra) recently.
'Adjoining villages responsible for forest protection'
Forest Minister Harvansh Singh said that the responsibility of protection of forests lies with the villages adjoining to these forests. He added that the Madhya Pradesh State Government has decided to give 100 per cent income from the forests and forest produce to Van Samitis.
Jungle fires indicate Delhi is drying up
The growing instances of jungle fires in the city is a grim reminder of the fact that Delhi is drying up. Twenty two big and small fires were reported in the last 23 days from various parts of the city. In sharp contrast, only 11 such fires were reported during …
