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 …
The environment ministry is hosting in New Delhi the launch meeting on a thematic programme network on agro-forestry and soil conservation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. Its framework was suggested by the UN Convention to Combat Desertificication (UNCTAD). The meeting which began in Delhi, is being attended by …
Forestry officials seeking compromise unanimously approved six-month rules Wednesday to limit tree cutting near Northern California's rivers and streams.The state Board of Forestry's action drew mixed reviews from loggers and a quick hit from environmentalists.The board said it will develop permanent rules to take effect in 2001 and will base …
Indonesia has warned plantation owners that they have two weeks to extinguish numerous fires blamed for blanketing Sumatra and Borneo with smoke or risk up to 15 years to jail. For weeks, plantation fires have discharged choking smoke over the isalands of Sumatra and Borneo, leading to fears of a …
Prices paid by water customers in developing countries must rise substantially to avoid life threatening shortages and environmental damage, according to an international report published yesterday. The report by the World Commission on Water, supported by the World Bank and the United Nations, calls for radical changes in the way …
Ambient air quality in the city has shown promsing trends in the past two to three years, primarily because of supply of better fuels, according to Prof. D. Biswas, Chairman, Central Pollution Control Board.
a study conducted by uk -based ici (Imperial Chemical Industries) on the long-term effects of dumping chemicals in quarries near Runcorn, Cheshire, uk has turned up some startling evidence. It has confirmed that some nearby homes have tested positive for hexachlorobutadience ( hcbd ). hcbd is considered responsible for kidney …
Oppn : Noisy scenes were witnessed in the Jammu assemly, during question hour, over the opposition charge that the State Government had failed to reclaim large chunks of forest land which had been encroached upon by people during the past 53 years.
Thick smoke from raging fires has reached "very dangerous" levels in Borneo, just as it clears in neighbouring Sumatra, an Indonesian environmental watchdog, Pontianak Environmental Supervisory Agency said.
According to a report of the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradoon, the country has lost 18.4 lakh kilometre of forest land. North east retains 18 per cent of its forested area. The scientists on panel discussion in the recently concluded national seminar on "environmental issues" at Assam University while …
At least 50,000 logs and branches from tamarind and chujjulu trees were chopped off by locals at Channapatna as part of an annual ritual to appease the diety, Basava, last week.
Even as the lead content in Delhi's air has shown a marked reduction as a result of strict vehicular pollution control measures, the news is not so encouraging as far as the pollution caused by recycling of lead acid-based batteries is concerned.
Heavy rains doused forest fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, improving visibility and clearing the thick haze that had covered parts of the region. But smoke continued to drift eastward toward Singapore and Malaysia, stoking fears that this year's fire season could be repeat of 1997, when thick smoke …
The Kamla Nehru Ridge forest plays host to vendors, drunkards, has a free entry for scooters and mobikes and boasts of a wireless station. People take away loads of firewood almost every day. The degeneration of the forest has been raked up in the meetings of the Ridge Management Board …
A Malaysian opposition leader Saturday urged the government to disclose readings of an air pollution index, saying a Malaysian town is being choked by haze. Lim Kit siang, chairman of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), said he received an e-mail from residents in Sibu in Sarawak state expressing concern over …
Thickening smoke from forest and ground fires reduced visibility in Indonesia's Riau province on Sumatra island to below 500 metres (yards) the meteorology office said. The deterioration came as officials said they had evidence which would lead to the prosecution of least four large plantation companies in the province for …
The Haryana Assembly today witnessed a 'rare' unanimity among all parties on the State's stand towards the inter-State disputes such as the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal imbroglio and the tone was set by the former Chief Ministes, Mr. Bhajan Lal and Mr. Bansi Lal, which was echoed by other memebrs …
The retail sale of extra low sulphur diesel (0.05) through select outlets will start in the Capital and the National Capital region from next month. Confirming that the presence of toxic gases in air in Delhi has come down significantly as a result of measures taken by the Government, the …
A stiffer ban on export of timber from North-Eastern States to outside the region appears imminent with the Supreme Court taking a strong view of the failure of the States to ensure compliance of its earlier order permitting transport of only legal timber.
The State owned generating company, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) has altered the technical parameters for the Bedthi Hydel project in the face of sustained pressure from environmentalists.
The area under forests has virtually stopped declining in the last decade but the quality of forest cover continues to deteriorate in India.the quality of forest cover, is indicated by the availability of dense forests which, in fact, declined by three per cent between 1989 and 1997.
