Huda takes up greenery with Dutch aid
Mayor Teegala Krishna Reddy on Sunday revealed that the government of the Netherlands had sanctioned Rs 175 crore as grant for development of greenery in Hyderabad.
Andhra Pradesh to boost forest cover
The Andhra Pradesh Government has launched a massive programme to protect and develop its forests through joint forest management in order to achieve environmental stability.
Threat to forest cover in Golaghat district
Illegal felling of trees in the Garampani and Tengani forest reserves of Golaghat district of Assam over the last three years or so has posed a serious threat to the forest cover in the district. Indulging in this criminal activity are a group of timber traders, it has been alleged. …
Greenbelt scheme completed in a hurry
The final phase of much publicised ' Greenbelt Scheme' taken up in the Chennai city and its suburbs by the Forest Department, seems to have been in a hurry. As part of the last leg of the Union Pollution Control Board funded programme, 35,000 saplings were planted in various places …
Causes of Shisham disease still unknown
A task force set up to recommend measures for the protection of Shisham tree against its common disease Die-back, has so far been unable to find the exact causes of the viral infection , which is posing a potential threat to this tree grown in natural and artificial forest ranges …
Sonitpur forest cover dwindling at alarming rate
Unrestricted felling of trees and encroachment have reduced more than half of the forest in Sonitpur district of Assam that boasts of a combined territory of 13 forests reserves. With encroachments, herds of wild elephants frequently migrated to villages in search of food and as a result destroyed standing crops …
Forest fire controlled
Hundreds of soldiers and firefighters have managed to contain a fire raging for two weeks in a natural indigo forest in southern Vietnam by cutting wide firebreaks, an official said on Friday.
CM moots pattas for tribals cultivating forest lands
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday announced that the state government would give pattas to tribals cultivating forest lands and asked the district collector Ramakrishna Rao to submit him a report on the extent of such lands under cultivation prior to 1980.
High Court asks Government to file petition
The Kerala High Court today inquired as to why the state government was not taking any action to recover the amount due from C P Ali who was allowed to purchase the timber felled from the disputed forest land at Periya in Waynad district in 2000.
N Bengal forest villagers move to acquire land rights
Forest villagers of North Bengal will take out a padyatra to press for their demands of more land and livelihood rights. The padyatra starting from 8 April is being organised by the Rashtriya Ban Shram-o-jivi Manch, North Bengal committee,and will start from two extreme points of Maneybhanjang and Sankosh.
Myth of world forest cover shattered
From the temperate rainforests of Chile to Russia's northern taiga forests, researchers have evidence that the world's wooded lands are shrinking faster than even pessimists had thought. Corruption, greed and neglect have exacted their toll in Russia, Central Africa, North and South America and Southeast Asia. A series of reports …
Indigo forest fire
A fire raging for more than a week in a natural indigo forest in southern Vietnam has breached a mud wall built to isolate it and is spreading, an official said on Tuesday. The area of U Minh Thuong National Park that the fire jumped to is about 2,000 hectares …
I-T sops for afforestation programme
The finance ministry has issued a notification extending income tax incentives for any government-approved programme of conservation of natural resources or of afforestation including plantation of softwood on degraded non-forest land. Following the amendments in the rules, as assessee donating any amount to an approved institution for use in setting …
Fire in Kardoh forests
A major fire broke out in Kardoh forest area near Lakhanpur, Jammu and Kashmir and spread with in a radius of one Kilometre this afternoon. Short circuit in the forest area was reported to be the cause of the fire.
Leader gets 3-yr RI for felling trees
The special judge, Forest, Mr. B.R. Chandel, today sentenced a Congress leader and former MLA, Mr. Kewal Ram Chauhan, and his son Virender Chauhan to three years rigorous imprisonment each for illegal felling of green trees in the Chopal area under various Sections of the IPC and the Indian Forest …
China to get 2,500 cherry tree seedlings
A Japanese group will donate 2,500 flowering cherry tree seedlings to China for plantation in a Beijing park as part of moves to promote bilateral friendship, group members said. Beijing Afforestation Foundation Chairman Dan Zhaoxiang (right) presents a Chinese scroll painting to Katsuya Fukuoka, head of the Japan Cherry Blossom …
Sandalwood
The Karnataka Chief Minister indicated that the relevant act would be suitable amended to distribute the seized sandalwood among craftsmen. He said the number of sandalwood trees were decreasing in the recent years and hence the Government was encouraging farmers to grow sandalwood trees in their fields.
Madei water diversion won't be allowed : CM
The Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that Goa would not compromise on the issue of diversion of Madei water by Karnataka for augmenting its water supply to Malaprabha region.
Trees along Fatorda route get temporary reprieve from court
Dozens of fully grown up trees lining on both sides of the road from the Sessions Court building to Fatorda junction in Goa got a temporary lease of life as a Margao civil court has ordered to maintain status quo in respect of cutting and felling of trees.
