Creating synergy
A decade after its implementation, the Joint Forest Management principles have been adopted by nearly 20 states in India.
Uttaranchal fire
Fire has destroyed vast stretches of forest in Rishikesh in two incidents. The forest area bear the IDPL factory in Rishikesh was up in flames that spread at a great speed.The fire was brought under control by firefighters.
SC directive to NE States on forest cover protection
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Forest Secretaries of all the North-Eastern States to evolve a common strategy to protect the forest cover in the region.The apex court is now scheduled to take up the mater for hearing tomorrow.
'Tribals harassed by police, forest dept'
In the guise of protecting forest and fighting Naxalites, the police and forest department of Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh, had been committing atrocities against the tribals of the area, Mr Vineet Tiwari of Sandharbh Documentation Centre, Indore said in New Delhi. Mr Tiwari was addressing a Press Conference, organised …
Indonesian forests are being whittled by timber demand
Confrontations are becoming common across the fraying archipelago of Angkasa, as impoverished Indonesians, emboldened by a weak central government, grab for natural resources that often legally belong to somebody else. But the problem is particularly severe for forestry companies : Soaring demand form pulp-and-paper companies, plywood producers and saw millers-along …
Forest Act amended
The State Assembly has amended several provisions of the Orissa Forest Act, 1972, making these more stringent in dealing with forest offenders.
Govt in a 'catch 22 situation'
The chief minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, today said that the government was in a "Catch 22 situation" on the feasibility of CNG-run public transport in the Capital, and said that the government would try to control the use of spurious CNG cylinders.
8,000 trees will make way for the Metro rail
Delhi's first pollution-free transport option, the Metro rail, may itself come at a steep environmental cost. About 3,000 trees have already been cut along the upcoming routes while over 5,000 will be felled in the next two years.
HP issues fresh orders to Forest Dept
The Himachal Pradesh Government has issued fresh instructions to the Forest Department for the smooth implementation of its decision to transfer the ownership of "trees of spontaneous growth" on private land from the government to landlords and ensure that they did not face any problems in felling such trees under …
Acres of forest land diverted
Over two hundred acres of forest land has been diverted to various schools, gaushalas, community centres and even Government department like Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), with out prior approval of the Government in violation of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
Water conservation project launched in M.P.
An ambitious project has been launched in Madhya Pradesh to undertake water conservation activities on private land across the state. Under this project, farmers would be given mid-term loan up to Rs.10,000 through primary cooperatives agriculture credit societies for constructing water conservation structures, depending of tanks, ponds and wells on …
Group of well-grown trees fall to the axeman
Even the Forest department officials were not able to initiate any action against such fellings. Residents felt that the practice of handing over the grown saplings to the Chennai Corporation after a year's maintenance by the Forest Department was snot the right method.
Panchmari in danger
Nestled amidst a canopy of forests and wild life habitats, Panchmari, the only hill station of Madhya Pradesh, is gradually loosing its natural beauty, due to the burgeoning encroachments.
CAG flays Forest Dept.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India has flayed Delhi Forest Department for its failure to undertake afforestation work as envisaged in the national forest policy and lamented that the city's forest cover remained a dismal 5.9 per cent as against the prescribed 33.
Illicit felling racket unearthed
A scandal relating to the illicit felling of more than 1,200 trees of deodar and other species of conifers, including broad-leave trees, detected by the Forest Department authorities in different forest beats of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh valuing crores has recently come to light.
'Outsiders' instigating tribal violence in M.P.
The villagers in Bagli block of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh are in panic after the encounter earlier this week between the police and some misguided tribals who have been encroaching upon and recklessly exploiting the wealth of the forests at the behest of some "outside elements".
Forest mafia active again
The forest mafia engaged in the felling of sheesham and khair trees in forests under the Dhar subdivision has become active. According to official sources, Gurdaspur in Punjab the mafia has political patronage.
Truce called in fight over Canadian rainforest
Loggers, environmentalists and Indians agreed yesterday to limit logging in Canada's Pacific coast rainforests, which have become "ground zero" in a battle over wildlife protection. The groups said it was a first step in deciding the future of what environmentalists call "the Great Bear Rainforest," but it was enough to …
Tribals put all blame on police
A group of tribal persons along with two bodies lying in a tractor here Tuesday at the Press Club alleged that they were killed by the Dewas police on Monday during a joint operation to nab illegal wood cutters at village Mehndi Kheda neighbouring Dewas district.
