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 Forest Department of the Delhi Government will develop an arboretum in 107 acres at Ghumman Hera and Shikarpur villages of Najafgarh area of West Delhi. "This is part of our attempt to develop various species of trees in saline soil. The soil of this area is saline and underground …
A major Government initiative to bottle the fragrance of Marayur sandal is on the cards. The move, framed as a strategy to combat illegal felling and smuggling of hundreds of trees, envisages the setting up of a state-owned distillery and encouraging planting of sandalwood in private and pattayam lands in …
Mymensingh (Bangladesh) Forest Division implemented a massive tree plantation drive in its five districts under Annual Development Programme(ADP) during the last financial year.
Villagers, especially women, are participating in a big way in various afforestation and reforestation programmes in Himachal Pradesh these days. A beautiful forest raised in seven hectares of land by the women belonging to Gram Van Vikas Samiti in Balag area of Theog forest division in Shimla has become a …
A two-member fact finding mission from Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, arrived in Nepal for the Project Preparatory Technical Assistance (PPTA) relating to the proposed Third Irrigation Sector Program (TISP).
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today directed the Chief Conservator of Forests (Vigilance ) and District Collector, Idukki, In Kerala to conduct an immediate inspection in the forest lands in Marayoor and Chinnar ranges and Revnue lands in Marayoor and Kizhannur villages in Iddukki district to count …
A staggering 10,000 hectares of reserved forest land is under illegal encroachment in Uttaranchal, and the state is likely to lose a large chunk of as much as 4000 hectares of illegally occupied reserved forests, because of a short sighted order issued by the Uttar Pradesh Government. Although most of …
Around 60,000 saplings were distributed free of cost in various areas in the metropolis on Sunday as part of campaign to make it a green city. Urging the 1.20 lakh population in Mumbai to plant a sapling each, Mr Bhjubal said the Government had received repeated requests from foreign investors …
The Himachal Pradesh government has initiated a new programme - "Apana Van Apana Dhan" - to make afforestation a "mass movement". Under this programme, trees will be grown with active participation of youth and women groups, voluntary organisations and exservicemen.
The fund-starved Himachal Pradesh Government is losing forest revenue to the tune of Rs 250 crore annually on account of moratorium on green felling. The total forest wealth of the state is estimated at Rs 1 lakh crore at present and if the state goes for silviculture feelings, in accordance …
The second phase of Joint Forest Management (JFM) failed to take off in Madhya Pradesh due to drastic cut in the financial assistance to be released by World Bank.
The UK government has ordered a review of the centerpiece of its transport policy, the $245bn 10-year transport plan, amid fears that forecasts for funding, passenger growth and traffic are now redundant.
The Himachal Pradesh government has imposed a complete ban on commercial felling of trees in the state. According to an estimate, the state has forest wealth of about Rs 1,00,000 crore which includes precious coniferous forests, most of which have rare plant species.
The underground water resources development project organised a workshop on "tubewell irrigation system to be developed under the agricultural prespective programme" at Siddharthanagar (Nepal).
It's a battle between Calcutta Municipal Corporation and groups involved in felling trees in Kolkata. Unfortunately, it appears that the latter is winning hands down.Even as the government started celebrating 'Forest Week' , officials admitted that almost half the trees planted during the forest week every year have been chopped …
People's participation has been increased greatly in forest conservation after the Nepal government adopted the policy of handing over forest to the community. Of the total 144,477 hectares of forest land in the district of Doti, Doti District Forest Office has distributed 20,136 hectares of forest to local users for …
Vitamin C, an essential nutrient found in fruits and vegetables, is a double-edged sword, providing benefits and also inducing the production of compounds associated with cancer, say researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, when added to solutions of a degraded version of …
the large-scale conversion of forests to croplands in the midwestern usa over the last 100 years has led to a measurable cooling of the region's climate, shows the study conducted by Gordon Bonan, researcher at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research ( ncar ), in the us . The new …
The Sarawak high court in Malaysia has set a precedent by favouring indigenous farmers over industrial developers. The court redefined the meaning of indigenous lands and ruled that the Borneo Paper and Pulp Plantation (BPP), a joint venture company, could no longer destroy the rainforest in Rumah Nor village of …
Smoke haze, which led to serious problems in this region in 1997, has returned to Singapore though it remained within the "moderate' range. Following forest fires in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, a change in the wind direction has brought some smoke haze to Singapore "resulting in slightly hazy conditions …
