HC issues notices to forest dept, others
Following a public interest litigation seeking directions to quash the lease granted by the forests department to Songadh Paper Mills for felling bamboo from the Shoolpaneshwar Sanctuary and restrain this activity, the Gujarat High Court issued notices to the department and its officials and fixed the matter for hearing on …
Digvijay for review of Forest Act
The Government of Madhya Pradesh is to host a consultative meeting in June to discuss the need to review the Forest Conservation Act of 1980. Chief Ministers of the States in the North-East and other States where forests occupied a higher than average area would be invited to the meeting.
Use of trees to display hoardings is punishable crime
When it comes to making a mockery of environmental law, the Delhi police and DTC seems to vie with privates parties for the winner spot. It is an accepted practise of the Delhi traffic police and the Delhi Transport Corporation to nail their hoardings on tree trunks.
Jakarta says fails to meet donor forestry demands
Indonesia's new forestry minister said the government has failed to fulfill promises to major international donors on forestry projects because the pledges were unrealistic. Marzuki Usman made the comments ahead of a two-day review of economic reforms with key donors in the Consultative Group for Indonesia (CGI), that gets underway …
Long term plans proposed to conserve forests to be prepared
Long term working plan should be prepared in consultation with the local communities and in accordance with guidelines issued by the Pakistan Government to monitor changes in the forest cover and to formulate and review forest policy and institutional arrangements. This was decided during the meeting of Federal Forestry Board, …
CMs meet to discuss Forest Conservation Act
A meeting of Chief Ministers of various states, where forest cover exceeds 20 percent, will be convened in Bhopal on June 5. The Forest Conservation Act (FCA) is likely to be discussed in the meeting and there may be amendments to it.
Concern over illegal felling of trees despite SC ban order
Grave concern has been expressed over the large-scale illegal felling of trees and wanton destruction of evergreen forests and transportation of logs/timber in broad day-light from Kachugaon, Haltungaon, Aie valley, Dhubri, etc forest divisions of lower Assam despite Supreme Court's ban order.
Stop illegal felling of trees: Bhajan
The former Chief Minister and Leader of Oppositions, Mr Bhajan Lal, today asked the state government to implement ban on illegal felling of trees in the state.Addressing a national seminar on 'Relevance between environment and religion' here, he said the green cover in Haryana was decreasing at an alarming rate …
The lonely vigil of the forest guard
It was some years ago. A forest guard suffering from malaria, on a lonely patrol in the core area of the Corbett tiger reserve now in Uttaranchal, shot himself dead. Two months ago, when poachers felled elephants in the same reserve, an NGO tried to boost the morale of forest …
Tribals in MP teak forest face govt wrath over 'naxalite' curse
A silence of questions unanswered and unasked hangs over Mehndikheda in Bagli tehsil in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh. It's here on April 2 that a task force of police, district administration and forest department fired on and killed four tribals. What remain are demolished houses and roofs, smashed earthen grain …
Interfor cuts jobs, shuts sawmill after environmental pact
International Forest Products Ltd. announced plans on Wednesday to restructure its woodland operations in coastal British Columbia, shutting a mill and cutting about 500 jobs. Interfor said it had "no choice" but to reduce operations after British Columbia's decision this month to curtail logging on the Central Coast - an …
'Van-gujjars to have rights over forests'
Uttaranchal Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Mohan Singh Rawat Gaonwasi has announced that the traditional grazing rights of nomads and other people living in and around protected forest areas in the state would remain as they were for more years.
Deforestation in Sindh criticized
The concluding session of a three-day seminar on the "Perspectives of Forestry in the New Millennium," organised jointly by the Asian Development Bank and the Sindh Forest Department emphasised the need to bring more land under forest cover in Sindh (Pakistan).
Nomads' right over forests upheld
A significant victory came the way of the nomads and people living in or around protected forest areas as the Uttaranchal Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Mr. Mohan Singh Gaonwasi, announced that the traditional rights of the people for grazing and other access to natural resources in forests …
Forest development agency mooted
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has mooted setting up Forest Development Agency along the lines of DRDA (District Rural Development Authority).Funds from the Centre for forests and wildlife conservation, and afforestation programmes will be routed through t he agency instead of the State Governments.
DJB forms rain water cell
Taking the problem of depleting ground water level seriously, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has set up a special cell to look after rain water harvesting.Informing Delhi High Court about this through an affidavit, the DJB said that the special cell is functioning under the chief engineer (planning).The DJB affidavit was …
