Loan damages rain forest
The World Bank has approved a US $17.36 million loan and US $17 million grant to Papua New Guinea for a project that will ' help improve conservation of important forest ecosystems in the country, one of the world's most biodiversity-rich regions'......Editorial
Special project on anvil for bamboo production
A special project would be launched in ten districts of Madhya Pradesh to increase bamboo production and to upgrade the skill in manufacturing of bamboo products. An amount of Rs 13.69 crore for this project was sanctioned at the meeting of the Board of Directors of Laghu Vanopaj Sangh, which …
Efforts on for patent of herbs
Forest Minister Harvansh Singh said that 'Grain for Green' project has been prepared for encouraging plantation on the encroached land in forest areas in Madhya Pradesh.
PWD seeks time for filing reply to notice on tree cutting
The Goa State and the Public Works Department has sought time to file reply to the show cause notices issued by a Civil Court in respect of cutting and felling of trees along the stretch of road for the Sessions Court building to Fatorda junction here. The trees lining on …
Strong, eco-friendly plastic foams
Ohio State University engineers have found a way to make dense plastic foam that may essentially replace solid plastic in the future. The engineers have also developed innovative manufacturing techniques to eliminate the use of chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) in foam production. Researchers unveiled a dense new foam material reinforced with tiny …
4.5 crore saplings to make state greener
The Haryana Government has decided to plant 4.5 crore saplings this year to make the state 'greener' and improve environment. This was announced by Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala yesterday.
Water crisis grips city
Several parts of Kolkata city have been facing shortage of water supply over the last month, councillors from both the Trinamul and Left Front alleged. Water pressure has gone down in parts of central Kolkata.
Cultivated lands are private forest lands: HC
Plantations and cultivated lands will also come under the purview of the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, the Madras High Court has ruled. To preserve the trees from indiscriminate cutting by private individuals, the Act had been enacted. As per the Act, the private owners could not cut …
Concern over shrinking of forests
The government is making every efforts for protection of forests resources, reducing growing demand of fire wood and fodder, expanding forest area, increasing forest productivity and strengthening institutional framework in Jammu and Kashmir.
Forest management panels to be set up
In a development of crucial significance to the environment, the Centre will form 1,73,000 joint forest management committees for protecting forest areas.
Mystery oak disease may threaten nation's forests
On the rolling hills and low mountains of coastal Northern California, green and lush now after winter rains, live oaks, tan oaks, black oaks and madrones have been dying for more than two years. A mysterious microscopic organism that causes Sudden Oak Death has been found on a widening list …
Fiery inferno engulfs Vietnamese national park
Thousands of policemen, military personnel, forest rangers and local residents have joined forces to fight a fire eating its way through U Minh Thuong National Park in the southernmost province of Kien Giang. The forest fire, which officials say started on March 23, has been raging out of control. A …
Encroachment posing threat to Na-duar Reserve forest
Thousands of tribal people are earning their livelihood by selling of trees in the reserve forests, despite the Supreme Court ban on felling of trees in the North-East. The Na-duar Reserve Forest, the largest reserve forest of the subdivision, was once known for its rich forest cover. The timber smugglers …
e-Seva will cover RR dist.: CM
Encouraged by the success of e-Seva centres in the twin cities, the Andhra Pradesh State Government has decided to extend the 'one-stop-shop' service to the surrounding nine municipalities. As the city and its surroundings municipalities are growing in a haphazard manner, the chief minister said, it has become necessary to …
Government allows VSS to take up works
As part of the revolutionary changes replacing existing policies in forest department, the government accorded permission to vana samrakshana samithis(VSS) for taking up several development works on their own without the consent of community forest management programme funded by World Bank.
French group to sell logging business
Vincent Bollore, France's most successful corporate raider, has decided to sell his profitable African wood business following criticism by the World Bank and environment pressure groups of his logging practices.
State chickens out on grazing fee
The Andhra Pradesh State government has shelved the proposal to introduce fees for allowing grazing in the forests. Apprehending resistance from various sectors, the high-power committee set up by the government in one of its meetings held recently turned down the idea of re-introducing grazing fees. The fees, which were …
Digvijay grants grain for green
It's a green card - a poor man's green card that , however, has nothing to do with the United States. The Madhya Pradesh government will hand over the first tranche of these cards to the state's poor in less than two weeks from now. Each green card will entitle …
Government orders confiscation of illegally cut teakwood
Madhya Pradesh Government has ordered confiscation of teakwood, illegally cut by Ramkrishan Patel from neighbour's land and government area. The cost of its transportation and for keeping it too would be recovered from him. An order was passed by Bhopal and Hoshangabad Divisional Commissioner VK Batham recently. Hoshangabad Additional Collector …
Building with grass
India is home to an estimated 125 varieties of Bamboo, a grass that has been used in products from aphrodisiacs to light bulb filaments. The belated realisation that this resource can be worth a lot of money is prompting the Union Government to launch a mission on bamboo applications under …
