ALP members seek an end to Otways logging
Victorian ALP members will demand an end to clearfelling and woodchipping in the Otway Ranges at their state conference in March. The ALP Otway Ranges Interest Group will move a resolution to end clearfelling by June, 2002, and to create jobs in plantations and tourism with federal and state assistance.
Encroachment in Assam forests
The land area of 13 reserve forests in Sonitpur district of Assam has been reduced by two-thirds due to largescale encroachment and unabated felling of trees in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, leading to man-elephant conflict. Forest officials in Tezpur said the area of the reserve forests in Sonitpur has reduced …
Encroachment, tree-felling reducing forest cover
The land area of 13 reserve forests in Sonitpur district of Assam has been reduced by two thirds due to large scale encroachment and unabated felling of trees in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, thereby leading to man-elephant conflict .
Alien plant species threatens Gujarat's biodiversity
Gujarat's indigenous plant species in particular and biodiversity in general is at stake thanks to the over abundant growth of prosopis juliflora popularly known as 'gando baval' . If not checked immediately, it will leave our grasslands social forests and plantation as only memories in our minds.
Rampant encroachment of forest land in Sonitpur
Encroachment of reserve forest land in Sonitpur district in Assam is going on merrily at a time when " Protect Forests, Protect Nature " is a commonly used slogan by nature lovers and various non - governmental organisations as well as the governments of various states are trying to protect …
Joint forest management yet to sink roots
The Karnataka State Government's ambitious initiative to involve people in protection and maintenance of forests through the joint forest management (JFM) concept has come a cropper. Basically, the stakeholders - people and the forest department officials - have not understood the concept of JFM even after the programme has been …
Water shortage in Kandi belt
Monsoons provided the much-needed relief to the people living in Kandi areas of Jammu region, which has been reeling under acute drinking water shortage in summers this year. The water sources in the entire belt dried up this year due to continuos drought for three previous years with less rainfall …
Vigilance probe ordered into Forestry project
Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance) S Sathinathan, today ordered the Director of Vigilance, Thiruvananthpuram, Kerala, to register a crime and investigate the allegations of corruption and misappropriation of public money in the implementation of the Forestry project at Idukki, Thodupuzha and Kulamavu forest ranges during 1990-99, against 15 forest …
AP steps to improve green cover
A state-level expert committee consisting of botanists, environmentalists and other scientific advisers would be constituted to get suggestions for improving the vegetation, green cover in Andhra Pradesh. The decision was taken by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu, after a review of the vegetation, social forestry and …
New forest Act to protect tribals' rights likely: ST panel chief
The relevant Forest Regulations Act might be amended, or a new Act enacted to protect the rights of the Adivasis or tribals in forest areas, said Dilip Singh Bhuria, Chairman, Scheduled Areas and Schedule Tribes Commission, while addressing an expressive conclave of the gaonburahs and the tribals at the Kalyan …
Authorities confirm illegal felling of trees on govt. land
Local authorities today confirmed that trees which were allegedly felled recently by a contractor were located in the government property at Shell-Naiquinim in Sanguem taluka, Goa. The site inspection conducted by the officials revealed that as many as nine fully grown trees, were illegally felled and transported from the government …
CM launches plantation drive
The Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, participated in a series of programmes in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Cuddapah as part of the 46th round of 'Clean and green' drive on Saturday. The drive undertaken every third Saturday of the week this time coincided with the 53rd Vanamahotsava.
Bitterroot logging plan prompts lawsuits
Agriculture Department Undersecretary Mark Rey, a former top timber industry lobbyist, has approved logging on 46,000 acres of forest on Montana's Bitteroot National Forest. Opponents of the plan, who have filed suit to stop the logging, say the decision sets a dangerous precedent for massive timber projects on national forests.
Policy to rope in locals in forest management
The Kerala state forest department is framing a new policy aimed at giving the fringe population a considerable role in forest management. Conceived as part of the Centre's newly-mooted Forest Development Agency, the policy will empower neighbourhood groups to manage its forests with its own rules. The Government will extend …
Babu asks students to plant a sapling each, ensure growth
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said a record 25 crore saplings would be planted within a period of one month under the 'Clean and green' programme in the state. The chief minister urged students to show interest in plantation and each of the 1.65 crore students should plant …
Forest service distributes $384 million in county payments
More than $384 million in revenues from timber sales, mineral resources, grazing fees and other uses of Forest Service lands have been distributed to 41 states and Puerto Rico. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced the release of the funds, which are intended to help rural communities improve public schools, invest …
Bid to conserve rainforests
With indiscriminate urbanisation, logging and conversion of vast tracts of forest land into farm land and tea plantations, the area of rainforest is declining in Assam. Now, voices of thousands in Assam are heard by the Government. As a result there was a first international rainforest festival, held recently in …
3.5 lakh trees planted this year
Delhi Chief Secretary Shailaja Chandra reviewed the tree plantation drive's progress. This year, Forest Dept., DDA, PWD, CPWD, NDMC, MCD, Development Department, Delhi Cantonment Board and the Eco Task Force have planted 3.32 lakh trees.
