Falling groundwater level, Capital headed for crisis
As opposed to the demand of the 5.4 metric cubic metre of water per day in the Capital, Delhi Jal Board manages to supply only 2.61 MCM of water. The huge gap between the demand and supply leads to people resorting to other measures to fulfil their requirements. One among …
Tista river to be shared
Bangladesh and India agreed to cooperate in a study on sharing water from the northern Tista river, fight arsenic contamination and strengthen flood forecasting systems, Ministers from both countries said in Dhaka.
Sentinels of a green future
Faced by the wanton destruction of forest cover in their region to make way for 'development projects', the Baigas, an adivasi community, have come together to spearhead a movement to 'protect the biomass' in the Dindhori district of Madhya Pradesh. Over the last fifty years, massive deforestation and a falling …
17 lakh maunds of fire-wood burnt in 43 kilns at Magura
The increasing number of brick fields and the indiscriminate use of firewood kilns in the district of Magura caused environmental hazards. At least 43 brick fields have been established in different parts of the district defying the permission from the Bangladesh Environment Ministry.
Geographical Information System for promotion of forestry planned
The Pakistan government has decided to establish Geographical Information System (GIS) at the national level to prepare management plans and monitor changes in the forest covered all over the country.According to official sources this decision was taken at the recently- held inter-provincial meeting on the spring tree plantation campaign, which …
Sandalwood smuggling poaching rampant in Marayur
There's a stench in the fragrant sandal forests of Marayur.This sole sandal patch in Karala has witnessed a recent spurt in the smuggling attempts with the Special Task Force intensifying its operations in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Deforestation on the rise in Magargadi
The Magargadi forest in Nepal is in the grip of woodcutters and fodder gatherers, making the forest head towards a speedy deforestation say exasperated Forest Rangers there.
Discovery of giant planet confounds space theory
Astronomers have discovered a new planet in remote space with a huge mass - at least 17 times the size of Jupiter - that defies conventional theories about how planets are formed, newspaper reports said on Wednesday. The mystery object is orbiting a sunlike star 123 light years away in …
Hainan injects cash into declining forests
Hainan will spend a total of 300 million yuan (US$36 million) on the protection of its natural tropical forests,officials from the southern Chinese island province announced recently.
Hainan injects cash into declining forests
Hainan will spend a total of 300 million yuan (US$36 million) on the protection of its natural tropical forests,officials from the southern Chinese island province announced recently.
Govt seeks extension of SC deadline
The Delhi Government will file a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking an extension of time to convert the city's bus fleet to single mode Compressed Natural Gas. The S C deadline for this was 31 March, 2001.
Smoking vehicles targeted in blitz
Motorists driving vehicles with excessive exhaust emissions risk heavy fines under a "smoky car blitz" being conducted by the Environment Protection Authority. EPA officers patrolled Melbourne's freeways yesterday testing digital cameras capable of measuring exhaust emissions.
Hainan injects cash into declining forests
Hainan will spend a total of 300 million yuan (US$36 million) on the protection of its natural tropical forests,officials from the southern Chinese island province announced recently.
Clinton enrages Republicans by protecting 59 million acres of forest
In the last few weeks of his presidency, Bill Clinton has enraged Republican politicians by acting to protect 59 million acres of pristine forests from commercial activities.The new protection for 'roadless' areas of forest in 39 states, including the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, America's largest temperate rainforest, was declared …
Forest fires rekindle "haze-from-blaze"
A new outbreak of 181 forest fires is rekindling the "haze-from-blaze" jitters here as well as in a wide arc of cities:from Jakarta to Brunei, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and southern Philippines. Satellites have photographed 31 new "hot spots" in Indonesian Kalimantan. The rest smoulder in Sumatra.
Elephants to fight timber theft in Bengkulu
Timber thieves will soon have to face a unique kind of forest rangers-elephants trained to detect and stop their illegal activities. Around 31 wild elephants are currently being trained at the elephant taming and training centre in Seblat.
Environmentalists oppose govt move
People's Campaign for Park Conservation (PCPC), a Bardiya based pro-environmental organization, has expressed serious reservations over the Nepal government's recent move to hand over four Ropanis of forest land to a rural housing company.
Forest funds may be stalled
Gujarat is in the danger of losing the much-needed second round of Rs 2,500 crore funding from the Japan Bank for International Coopertion (JBIC) for the second and third phase of its Integrated Forest Development Project following the recent CBI raids on the Forest Department.
Agency adjusts impact of new timber policy
A new policy banning the cutting of old-growth trees in the national forests would affect no more than 20 percent of the timber harvest scheduled for auction across US in the coming year, Forest Service officials said today.
