Green protest: Goans join hands to save 37 rain trees
Chipko found its resonance a long way south, when tree-lovers staged creative protests to save some 37 rain trees form the axe. The luxuriant canopy along one of Panaji's up-market boulevards is expected to be felled for road-widening, but drew a crowd of protesters on Sunday. Concern for the environment, …
Plan to protect Chhattisgarh forests
The Chhattisgarh Government has drafted a project to protect forests in the State and sought Rs 50 crore as assistance from the Centre for its implementation. Construction of watch-towers and maintaining fire protection line in the forest are also included in the proposal.
Forest officials thwart land distribution: Janu
Tribal leader and president of Gothramahasabha C K Janu today alleged that the Kerala Forest Department officials are thwarting the Government move to allocate land for tribals as per an agreement reached between the Government and tribals, a few months back. Addressing mediapersons in Thrissur, she said according to the …
Countries agree to fight dangerous insects in wood-packaging material
Around 90 countries have agreed on new guidelines on wood packaging material that may contain dangerous wood-eating insects, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. The new guidelines recognise the possibility of pests being introduced and spread by packaging material made of unprocessed raw wood. These pests can pose …
GLP flays government's policies on environment
Gomant Lok Pokx (GLP) general secretary, Matanhy Saldaha in a statement issued here on Sunday, strongly condemned the 'anti-environmental' policies of the Goa State government. Saldanha in a GLP press release has also stated that, the cutting or removal of rain trees along Campal-Miramar road will wrath havoc to the …
Rs 350 crore for afforestation
Afforestation would be taken up in the Andhra Pradesh state on a massive scale with an investment of Rs 350 crore to be spent on seven lakh hectare of forest, said Minister for Forests Ch Ayyanna patrudu.
Guarding the green blanket
Large and expanding human and livestock populations and largescale poverty exert unrelenting pressure on forests. In view of the severe degradation of India's forest resources, the government has attempted to cut down losses to its forests and increase tree cover through series of programmes: social forestry, joint forest management. Thus, …
AJK govt seeks funds to protect forests
AJK Minister for Finance (Pakistan) Shah Ghulam Qadir has called upon Wapda and the provincial governments to allocate funds from their budgets for the protection of forests and prevention of land erosion in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Private role in wastelands: task force formed
The Rural Development Ministry has constituted a task force to encourage public and private partnership in wasteland development programmes. It will develop a mechanism to enable credit institutions to fund these programmes.
Eco-unfriendly politicians
We are appalled and aghast at the total an utter insensitiveness of the political class to the ecology of the Goa State. There are many monuments to the ecological irresponsibility of the political class in Goa. There is the environmental time bomb, the ugly toad masquerading as a princess just …
Forest land dug up trees felled
About 100 trees were reportedly felled or damaged near Sharabai village, about 13 km from Kullu, while a road was being constructed in the forest land without permission. It is learnt that about 2.2 bighas in the forest were dug up with an excavation machine damaging green chiltrees.
Panjim tree conservation campaign
Citizens' groups and NGOs form all over the Goa State, will be organising "Panjim Tree Conservation Campaign" on March 17, at Campal grounds, from 10 am to 1 p.m.. Various programmes have been chalked out on the day.
W region hydro-meteorological database prepared
Realising a sound hydro-meteorological database with proper fundamental pre-requisite prior to undertaking any development initiatives, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) has prepared hydro-meteorological database and information system of the western region of Nepal.
Forest fires spreading haze across Southeast Asia
Residents of Indonesia's third largest city have been asked to stay indoors as smoke from blazing forests blankets Medan, spreading as far east as Singapore and the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur.The city's health department has announced the carbon monoxide is above normal and they suggested people not go out …
Madhya Pradesh unveils Green Card Yojana
The Madhya Pradesh Government has announced an innovative Green Card Yojana to use foodgrain as wages to improve degraded forest land, wastelands and the land allotted to the landless people. The scheme seeks to use foodgrain in the form of wages to enable people to create green in a unique …
New idea in social forestry
A Delhi University team of geographers has found that women forest-dwellers can be most efficient collaborators in joint forest management(JFM). The JFM is a system wherein government forestry plans are managed by rural folks and NGOs. Funded by the government and other agencies, the JFM aims at implementing sustainable development …
UK group urges retailers to reduce pesticide levels
Exposing young children to pesticides in fruit, vegetables and popular nibbles like crisps may cause them serious health problems in later life, a report urging retailers to eliminate such residues said this week.
Why are Nagaon forests going barren?
The overall contribution of the Nagaon district towards the economy of Assam has always remained significant. In this district, out of 4435.3 sq. km of total land area, forests cover about 350 sq. km of land as per 1991 census, but with the publication of latest census result, it has …
Australia's promotion of logging Papua New Guinea condemned
Support by an Australian government agency for a Papua New Guinea (PNG) trade fair promoting the logging industry has angered environmentalists but been welcomed by the timber industry's peak lobby group. Papua New Guinea (Photo courtesy AIMS) The seminar, which opens in the PNG capital Port Moresby, is being organized …
