Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
The Jabrat demarcated protected forest(DPF) spread over 275 hectres and 27 hectare Jassan DPF adjoining the panoramic Chail Chowk Valley of Gohar forest division of Mandi circle which had been degraded due to increasing population have been regenerated with lush green growth of broad leaf oak and other wild fruit …
The World Bank has approved a Rs. 300 crore aid to the Chhattisgarh Government for people oriented development of forests in the state. The amount will be released annually for the next five years.
Indonesia's Tesso Nilo tropical forest, one of the world's most biologically diverse, could disappear within four years if logging persists at the current rate, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) said. The 1,800 sq km forest on the island of Sumatra contains the highest level of lowland forest plants known …
India Inc wants to grow money on trees. Indian industrialists want the government to lease them for 30 years large tracts of wasteland or degraded forests where they can plant commercial trees, both for profit and to contribute to the cause of green.
To fill its empty coffers, the BJP-HVC coalition government in Himachal Pradesh has begun sharpening the axe to take on protected green wealth in the state. Highly-placed sources told The Indian Express that the Forest Department had finalised a plan to seek the Centre's nod on resuming hitherto banned fellings. …
Scientists have launched an international effort to sequence the genomes of valuable tree species. Cottonwoods, hybrid poplars and aspens could play a role in improving the environment, displacing imported oil and creating domestic jobs. But first, scientists from the Department of Energy (DOE), Oak Ridge National Laboratory and around the …
Sindh Minister (Pakistan) for irrigation and power Syed Ali Mir Shah has directed the officials of the salinity control and reclamation project (Scarp) to keep the irrigation tube-wells functional to provide maximum water to the growers in view of the acute shortage of water.
A fresh controversy has erupted between Governor Dr. Bhai Mahavir and the state Government. The controversy was related to the forest cover of Madhya Pradesh. The Governor, in his opening speech at the budget session in 2000-2001, had mentioned that the forest area in Madhya Pradesh has been enhanced by …
When more than 150 acres of blue pine forest along the hillslope of Gomdra, Paro (Bhutan) was damaged by a forest fire, it was thought the trees would regenerate. Two years later there is still not sign of regeneration.
Despite the Supreme Court ban on felling of trees, in Dhubri district in Assam the business in timber continues unabated. The region, abundant in valuable timber, is now left with a few patches of green cover. Timber smugglers have been taking various methods to carry on their illegal trade. Sources …
Forest department officials of Surat range have detected the theft of Kherwood and other timber worth Rs 88 lakh from the forests of Bharuch, Surat and Valsad districts and have initiated legal action against as many as 279 persons in this connection.
Nature Magazine reports that scientists plan to artificially create a cosmic black hole, event horizon and all on the computer desktop using frozen light to mimic this cosmic phenomenon. This is the natural follow-up of astrophysicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking's theory of black holes which states that radiation is emitted …
Scientists at a biotechnology company embroiled in the stem cell debate say they have grown small kidney-like organs that perform some of the functions of real kidneys. The company, Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Mass., said the experiment offered evidence that cloning techniques could be used to grow replacement organs …
As the High Court blinks, the timber mafia has a field day. Exploiting legal loopholes over release of confiscated vehicles for carrying illegal timber, forest mafia continue with their nefarious activities with the "recycled" vehicle. The said vehicle bearing number plate OSU 9292 was apprehended by forest officials with illegal …
The Joint Forest Management has come a long way since its inception during the British era. The old style practice of colonial forestry degraded our forest resources. Following the adaptation of the National Forest Policy in 1988, Joint Forest Management (JFM) took shape. The present policy looks at crucial conservation …
Three wetland areas of the country will make it to the coveted list of the international Ramsar Site once the government formally declares them as important wetlands during the World Wetlands Day on February 2. Only those wetlands that have unique and important ecological importance and value are declared as …
For more than a generation now, educated Nepalese have dreamed of abundant hydropower as a panacea for our poverty. Ever since someone calculated that Nepal's hydro-electricity potential is around 83,000 megawatts, that figure has been bandied about as a magic number that will ring in the millennium. In the decades …
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has spread from Gabon to the neighbouring Congo. The country's health officials have identified 11 cases in a remote forested region on the northeastern border with Gabon, where 16 cases have already been reported, said the World Health Organisation in a statement. Although …
If Arunachal Pradesh has over 80 per cent forest cover, one of the highest in India, what sort of appreciation does it get? The Supreme Court's ruling of 1996, which places restriction on felling of trees, says that the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, has to be implemented in order to …
Coinciding with the recently held Dihing-Patkai Festival, representatives of the Assam Government, the Forest Department and NGOs had got together under the aegis of the Assam Science, Technology and Environment Council to draft a policy document on protection of the forest resources of the State. Though grandiosely touted by a …
