Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
In a discovery that takes astronomers closer to finding other earths orbiting others suns beyond the solar system, US researchers have found two objects slightly less massive than Saturn circling distant stars. Both planets are smaller in mass than Saturn, a solar system planet that is about nine times wider …
In a landmark decision, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to give status to the members of forest committees. The decision has been taken with the intention to promote public participation in development and conservation of forests.
Forestry agreements to be signed today by the state and federal government do nothing to protect the environment and lock in old-growth forests woodchipping for the next 20 years, environment groups maintain. Friends of the Earth national liason officer Cam Walker said the outcome of the regional forestry agreements did …
Extraction of ground water for use in industry is causing continued land subsidence in the city and environs, Samrit Chusanathat, a water table expert, said yesterday. In surrounding provinces the situation has become critical. Stricter controls had led to a significant reduction in subsidence in crisis areas of the city …
there have been renewed demands in Japan for the recall of a shipment of plutonium from the uk following a damning report by the British Nuclear Fuels ( bnfl ). Japan's ministry of international trade and industry and the Kansai Electric Power Company have demanded that Britain take back nuclear …
The issue of Khair tree scandal rocked the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday with Congress alleging that the Government was trying to sheild the guilty officers.
In a desperate bid to stop illegal Jhoom cultivation, a authority has been formed. "The Illegal Jhoom Cultivation Resistance Team" at every forest ranges in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) as it has taken an alarming turn causing serious threat to ecology, afforestation and Bio-diversity.
Bangladesh Water Resources minister Abdur Razzak said progress in the South-Western Bangladesh would remain an illusion unless a meaningful programme for the restoration of the Gorai river is taken and its flow increases in the dry season. The minister was addressing the concluding session of the workshop on inception report …
More than 3,000 diesel taxis over seven years old that drivers would normally replace are still running because of uncertainty over subsidies to smooth the switch to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Taxi operators have warned the delays will result in even poorer air quality. Lai Hoi-ping, chairman of the Hong …
The leasing of vast forests for eucalyptus plantations. The building of new roads in wildlife sanctuaries. The opening up of national parks to tourism. The coming of new mines in national forests. The Forestry Department is supposed to preserve our fast-dwindling forests. So why is it handing over our precious …
Forty-four percent of the total land area of Dolakha district of Nepal is covered by forest. The role of the community forests has been vital in the district as well as that of the Swiss government and the District Forest Office. Altogether 20,104 households have benefited from the community forests …
About 1500 square kilometre area in Upper Assam forest circle is under encroachment out of the total area of 2800 sq km excluding the Kaziranga National Park.
Water level in the city of Dhaka and the suburban areas is going down rapidly due to massive extraction of sub-soil water by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) through hundreds of deep tubewells daily for the growing number of population. A WASA report on "Static water level measures" …
The tendu patta pluckers of Madhya Pradesh will get share of surplus amounting to around Rs 45 crore this year. The surplus, which is the maximum share being given to pluckers after 1989, will be distributed to them in the last week of April, an official release said here yesterday.
A leading international environmental group has urged a US company to withdraw from the controversial Maheshwar dam project on the River Narmada. New York -based Ogden Corporation signed a memorandum of intent on 23 March with the Madhya Pradesh government and S Kumar's for the 400 megawatt Maheshwar Hydropower project …
Local leaders of Mahendranagar (Nepal) are protesting against the construction of a dam in Purnagiri river under Pancheshwore Multipurpose Project as it is expected to submerge the villages. They said that there is no need for Nepal to hurry in constructing the Pancheshwore project and added it was not feasible …
For Mumbai taxi drivers, the Azad Maidan grounds have become like a second home. They have been camping here, on and off, for more than 40 days to protest against the loss of their livelihood since the clampdown on polluting cabs. To reduce emissions, cab drivers would have to ensure …
Madhya Pradesh Government has concretised an ambitious programme for conserving forest bio-diversity through sustainable usage of non wood forest products (NWFP).Mooted at the initiative of the Centre, the project if implemented pragmatically is expected to spell positive contribution to the conservation of forests besides harvesting benefits to the local communities.
The present forest reserve lands in Assam has now been mostly under human occupation and is fast being converted to human habitats. About 150,000 sq km out of 2800,000 sq km forest reserves have been encroached.
Timber trade in Madhya Pradesh has received a severe jolt following a ban on felling and transportation of combustible wood in the state. The ban which came into force following a Supreme Court judgement has also taken a debilitating toll on the price of wood which has skyrocketed by Rs …
