Nature beckons : Rainforest festival to be held in Assam
The first ever rainforest festival in the country, in the likes of the most well known rainforest festivals in the world, held in Malaysia, Australia and Athens will start in the remote Joypur area of Assam on Sunday. Organised by a rainforest conservation movement, Nature's Beckon, 8,000 youth in the …
Fire in the Forests
A departmental survey indicated that villagers turned to the forest for fuel and fodder. With the experiment drawing unexpectedly good response, the pressure on the protected area has decreased remarkably, say forest officers. To discourage villagers from cutting wood for use as fuel around Gir, the forest department gave one …
Uttaranchal bags many firsts in forestry
Uttaranchal has to its credit several "firsts" in the sphere of forestry, reveals a recent publication released on the first anniversary of the state. The first national park of the subcontinent, the Jim Corbett National Park, was set up in 1936 in this region, then part of the undivided Uttar …
First ever rainforest festival gets underway in Dibrugarh
After months of meticulous planning and hectic preparations, the country's first-ever 'rainforest festival' got underway on Friday at Joypur (Assam) here. The three-day festival will be attended by environmentalists and conservationalists both form within India and abroad.
World Bank, ADB mission assesses forestry activities
The activities undertaken under the Third Forestry Development Project (TFDP) in Bhutan received mixed ratings from a three-member review mission fielded by the World Bank and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). Forest management, social forestry and institutional management were rated satisfactory while reforestation was rated as unsatisfactory by the mission …
Sixty pine trees felled illegally
Nearly 60 pine trees have been felled illegally in forests of Barsar revenue subdivision of the district in Himachal Pradesh and an admission to the felling of 18 has also been made by the Divisional Forest Officer and Mr P.L. Chauhan.The Chief Minister Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal reportedly has sought …
New Pink Floyd album will create four new forests
The latest album from the rock band Pink Floyd is going to result in the creation of four new long term indigenous forests, with the number of copies being sold reflected in the number of trees planted. The band's new album, Echoes, a two CD retrospective with 26 greatest hits, …
Demand endangers Brazilian mahogany
Environmentalist activists say it is about time consumers in the U.S. started caring about the origins of mahogany. If the timber is from the Brazilian Amazon rain forest-and chances are that it is-it most likely was logged illegally and exported. Now, in a highly unusual move, Brazil has suspended all …
DOF set to introduce Leasehold Forestry in 16 more districts
Buoyed by the success of the improving conditions of the people living below the poverty line and its role in improving the ecological condition of the open Barren lands of mid-hills in the districts, the Nepal government has decided to extend Leasehold Forestry projects in 16 other districts.
Green groups take aim at Canada - US lumber talks
As Canadian lumber industry representatives met this week with a U.S. envoy to try to work out a solution to the softwood trade dispute, environmentalists complained their concerns over Canada's logging practices have been ignored.
HC pulls up govt for neglecting forest land documentation
The Bombay high court recently castigated the Maharashtra government for neglecting the documentation of forest land. A division bench comprising Chief Justice B.P Singh and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud took a stern view of the unsatisfactory progress in updating land records and directed the state to file a comprehensive affidavit on …
New rules to check tree felling formulated
The Madhya Pradesh government has issued orders that trees, at distance of 30 meters from rivers, lakes, 15 meters from road and 30 meters from sacred religious places could not be felled. The government has also banned felling of one dozen species of trees, without the approval of gram panchayats.
Govt wants curbs on CNG supply
The compressed natural gas issue is a nagging headache for the petroleum ministry. It is now trying to cure the ailment by gagging Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the sole supplier of CNG to the Capital, even as the city gasps for the green fuel.
Intelligence network helps forest department curb smuggling
The forest department in Gujarat recently launched an intensive crackdown on the smuggling of expensive logs-from tracking down its originating source to the final sale by illegal operators in this region. The 'intelligence network' put in force by the forest department since the past few months is now showing results.
Forest limits dispute over : Harvansh
Madhya Pradesh Forest and Transport Minister Harvansh Singh said that the dispute of forest limits pending for many years, in Madhya Pradesh has been resolved. The dispute was prevailing in 37 districts earlier but now survey of all the districts, except Raisen and Morena has been completed. The step would …
Massive deforestation in Udayapur
Hundreds of bigahas of forest area has been destroyed in eastern part of the district in Nepal as the authorities here fail to check the encroachment that has occurred in recent days due to the security reasons. At least 500 bighas of forest land has been cleared up in Rampur …
BHEL to fell over 10 lakh trees
The Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has decided to felt more than 10 lakh trees in the entire BHEL township declaring them as old and of no use. However no final decision has been taken as the issue was pending before the Bhopal Muncipal Corporation.
Karnataka plans forest management campaign
Emphasising the need for a 'proper policy framework' to guide people's participation in forest conservation and management programmes, the convenor of an action committee formed to lauch a campaign for participatory forest management in Karnataka, Mr M K Bhat, has said that a State-level convention would be held in the …
HC declines permission to DFO
The Kerala High Court has declined permission to the Divisional Forest Officer, South Wayanad, to carry on the work of thinning of plantations and extraction of plantations and extraction of timber from the plantations as stipulated in the Working Plan for 2001-2011.
