LG launches Green Delhi campaign
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vijai Kapoor launched Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Green Delhi campaign 2001 on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion he emphasised that the future of Delhi's environment depended on the survival rate of new plantation under-taken by different government and non-government agencies.
Meghalaya Speaker accused of involvement in illegal tree-felling
Meghalaya Speaker ED Marak has landed himself in a timber controversy with the Garo Students' Union, Kharkutta unit shooting off an open letter accusing him with direct involvement in illegal felling of trees in Ildek reserve forest in Garo Hills. The letter addressed to Chief Minister E K Mawlong said …
NEDFi fund for patchouli cultivation in NE
The North East Development Finance Corporation Limited (NEDFi) has taken initiative to fund cultivation of patchouli--an oil-bearing aromatic plant with immense export potential - in Guwahti as well as the region. The NEDFi Chairman stated that the Project patchouli was part of the Corporation's plan to encourage commercial production of …
French may cut trees to make roads safer
The classic French image of a twin row of plane trees stretching across the countryside is in danger of disappearing because of mounting claims that they are to blame for the country's high death rate on the roads. The tree-lined roads, for three Centre a cherished part of the rural …
Clinton-era protection of 'roadless' areas under threat
With legal challenges looming, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it is reviewing one of President Clinton's most heralded environmental protections. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule, implemented in the last weeks of the Clinton Administration, designated nearly 60 million acres in national forests off-limits to roadbuilding, most …
Plan to enlarge forest cover
With an aim to improve density and quality of forests, Tamil Nadu State Forest Department has drawn up an action plan to expand forest cove in nearly six lakh hectares in five years, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Mr J.C. Kala, has said.Under the joint forest management project and …
State launches plantation drive
The Gujarat State Government has embarked upon a massive plantation drive as part of "Van Mahotsav' fortnight beginning July 16 during which 180 million saplings of different varieties would be planted on 1,441 hectares of land and concerted efforts will be mad to nurture the plants with people's participation.Of the …
JMB afforestation plan enters new phase
Social afforestation programme at the ends of the Bangabandhu bridge has entered its second phase with the inauguration of plantation programme and distribution of saplings among the project affected people in the area of Bangladesh.
Arid land turns green
It took the staff of the Solan forest division a marathon effort to change a 2 hectare mountainous tract comprising arid, rocky and nearly barren terrain into a lush green surface sustaining a variety of useful species. When the Chief Minister, Prof P.K. Dhumal, expressed the desire to organise a …
Delhi govt to start afforestation drive
The Delhi government will plant 22.60 lakh trees and shrubs this year in the Capital as part of its efforts to rein in air pollution. The Delhi environment and forests minister, Dr A K Walia, who announced this at the Van Mahotsava function today, also said that the forest cover …
Allotment of forest land to families in the offing
The Forest Department is contemplating of allotting tracts of forest lands to different families after planting it with different kinds of trees and plants. These families will take care of the plants sowed in these tracts. The profit from the produce of these plants will also go to them. This …
Digvijay moots "grain for green" scheme
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has proposed an environment friendly "Grain for Green" programme for the restoration of degraded forests in the state. The programme envisages an effective food for work scheme that provides food security to the tribal population and also creates ecological security.
Forest fire
Officials of Sriharikota High Altitude Range, India's spaceport, heaved a sigh of relief after the forest fire, which twice engulfed the sprawling rocket launch centre, was completely doused last evening.
It takes soldiers to green Bhatti mines
In a matter of years, Bhatti Mines once a vegetation-rich area spread over 2,200 acres resembled a desert. Greenery may be back again for the over-exploited area with the Army's Eco Task Force planting trees here. Striving to achieve this is a 150-strong Eco Task Force fifth battalion which has …
Forest Corpn may be soon in the red
The decreasing workload may gradually land the Himachal Forest Corporation in the red. The quantum of 'forest note' being made available to the corporation has been declining ever since the state imposed a moratorium or green fellings. The unrestricted import of timber, resin and resin products under the OGL (open …
Kher smuggling eats into forest cover
Widespread 'kher' smuggling has had a telling effect on the forest cover of four districts in South Gujarat where the species is found. This is clear from the State of the Forests Report published by the Forest Survey of India, which shows a clear decline in the region's forest cover.
