Indo-Canadian team visits Halali dam
Indo-Canadian environmental team which recently visited Samrat Ashok Sagar Halali dam command area to assess funding the water management and distribution system of canals, held discussions with farmers organisation funds for maintenance of the canals.
Forest Dept takes up afforestation programme
The Department of Forest has taken up a massive afforestation programme across the country to maintain ecological balance, a press release of the department said. The department implemented 23 development projects at a cost of Taka 104.53 crore during the last fiscal and earned a record of Taka 68.40 crore …
AP Oppn sees WB role in installation of water meters
Water meters have proved too hot for the Andhra Pradesh government to handle as Opposition parties and the affected farmers have literally revolted against their installation. While the Opposition alleges that the installation is a precursor to privatising water supply, farmers fear that it is a precursor to charging water …
Sal forest disappears participants feel cheated
The look of the Modhupur Sal forest in Bangladesh has completely changed today. Most of the sal trees have disappeared. Plantatios with exotic species, which replaced the patches of natural trees, have also disappeared in most places.
Forest wing to impose restrictions
The forest department plans to issue new guidelines for the protection of wildlife in the reserve forest land to be acquired by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises for the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project. The project received environment clearance from the Union government on August 8.
APP orders audit of access to wood
Asia Pulp & Paper co. said it is commissioning an independent environmental audit, in an effort to assuage concerns among environmentalists, customers and financial community about its continued access to cheap wood supplies.
Losing sight of the forest for the trees
Last March, Asia Pulp & Paper, the world's largest emerging market corporate debtor, suspended payments of interest and principal on roughly $13.4 billion on outstanding obligations. App's massive default has brought to an abrupt halt the seven-fold expansion of Indonesia's pulp and paper sector over the past decade. However, the …
'Counter-report' to WCD observations
The Gujarat State Minister for Narmada Development, Mr Jay Narayan Vyas, has said that a 'counter-report' would be published in reply to the recent World Commission on Dams (WCD) observations against big dams.
Plan mooted to check deforestation in Meghalaya
After almost ten frustrating years of failed attempts to implement its village reserved forest scheme in Meghalaya, the State forest department has now turned to the local community for reinforcing the efforts. The Village Reserved Forest (VRF) Scheme, notified afresh, and under a new garb, in February, seeks to arrest …
BJP corporators threaten to sue BMC
The Bharatiya Janata Pary corporators announced that if Bhopal Municipal Corporation and the Bhoj Wetland authorities failed to stop flow of nullahs into Upper Lake immediately, they would file a criminal case against both BMC and Bhoj Wetland authorities. They also announced that they will not allow these two bodies …
Illegal migrants reduce forest cover
The Assam Forest Department has ilterally thrown its arms up in the air over evicting the vast population of illegal encroachers on the reserve forests, as its latest attempts to clear the forests of the encroachers under orders of the Supreme Court have come a cropper.
Gujarat flouting SC stay on bamboo felling
The Gujarat department has been violating a Supreme Court stay order by cutting vast tracts of bamboo from the core forest areas of Shulpaneshwar and Purna wildife sanctuaries and supplying them to a paper mill. The department has even extended permits to cut the bamboo plants twice since the February …
Forest Dept prefers gizmos to trees
In spite of a depleting forest cover and challenges to wildlife in the state, the Gujarat Forest Department chose to divert nearly Rs 6 crore, earmarked for tree plantation, to the purchase of expensive Geographic Information Systems (GIS), already available in other departments.
Yamunanagar first in plantation drive
Yamunanagar district of Haryana has won the first position in the sapling plantation drive. In a state-level survey, the district was found to be under 25 per cent of forest cover whereas the other districts were found to have 11 per cent of forest cover.
EC satisfied with Aravalli project
Mr Michel Caillouet, Ambassador and head of a delegation of the European Commission, has expressed satisfaction at the successful completion of the Aravalli Hills Community Forest Project.The project helped restore the green cover in village common land and at the same time allowed the local population to meet its needs …
No more dam on Mahanadi, says Navin
Mr Navin Patnaik ruled out building another dam on Mahanadi to control floods, though he admitted that Hirakud reservoir alone is not enough for the purpose.
Forest cover up in Mandi, Chamba
While India's forest cover has shrunk by 5,500 sq km, Himachal Pradesh has enhanced its forest cover by 561 sq km according to a report on "State of Forests-1999" published by the Forest Survey of India.
BSF men join STF to nab Verappan
A BSF battalion from the Eastern Sector is joining the Special Task Force to flush out sandalwood smuggler and forest brigand Veerappan.
Free trade stifles Japan's forests
Japanese and U.S. forestry experts will meet this week in Seattle to discuss the effects of international free trade on small forestry operators.
