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 …
Union forest and environment ministry has drawn up an ambitious plan to bring at least 3 per cent of the land in the country under forest cover by 2020 and also to increase biomass production for power generation in the future.Under this plan, 40 million hectare(MHa) of land will be …
The Orissa Government has decided to liberalise the trade in minor forest produce so as to ensure competition and fair prices to tribals. As many as 60 items will be brought under the control of gram panchayats under the new policy and there will be no royalty, the Chief Minister, …
Navin Patnaik led coalition Government in Orissa is making a conscious attempt to woo the tribal Dalits. As a step towards this, the Government is reported to have decided to invest Gram Panchayats with powers for collection of minor forest produce. With about 60 MFF items likely to come under …
The Supreme Court ban on felling of trees seems to have little affect in Kamrup West Division if unabated illegal felling of trees is taken into account. Veerappans here are in the guise of PP land contractors.
Polluting government vehicles are continuing to ply the roads of the capital city freely, nearly two weeks after the government a announced ban on polluting government- and diplomatic community-owned vehicles in the Valley. Issuing a press release issued today, The Explore Nepal Group, a private organization which has been campaigning …
Fires have broken out again on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where land-clearing blazes previously caused severe pollution in Southeast Asia, officials in Singapore said Thursday. "IN the past few days, satellite pictures have shown intermittent hot spots in some parts of Sumatra," a Singapore government statement said.
Although there is no scientific evidence that bio engineered trees would harm the environment, green groups fear genetically-modified trees could have the potential to devastate wildlife dependent on forestry. All across the globe, from the US to New Zealand, scientists are working to develop biotechnologies that could transform the face …
Popular perception about Delhi being a concrete jungle might have to undergo a change now. Latest statistics suggest that about one-fifth of the city has been developed into greens - courtesy the Delhi Development Authority(DDA) which had initiated a well-planned and sustained Green Delhi campaign.
The Indus River System Authority (IRSA), at its meeting held recently, was told that the water presently available in the two major reservoirs - Tarbela and Mangla - was scarcely enough to meet the irrigation needs of the country up to March 31. Officials managing the water resources of the …
The Mizoram government has decided to award villages, comprising forest areas, for taking measures preventing forest fire, a senior official said Monday.
More than 350 scientists from the US, Canada, Europe , Russia and Japan have travelled to Sweden for the biggest field study yet of ozone loss over the North Pole.
A movement to preserve the fragile coastal ecosystem through regeneration of Mangrove forests on the lines of a successful Thailand experiment is underway in the Eastern coast which has been subjected to the ravages of frequent cyclones in the of Bengal.
The Himachal Pradesh government has taken a policy decision to recruit women as forest guards in the state. This would not only rectify participation of women in the forestry programmes, according to an official spokesman.
the Tokyo Electric Power Company ( tepco ) plans to plant eucalyptus and other trees on 1,000 hectares of land in Australia in an attempt to offset its greenhouse gas emissions. The world's largest power utility, which accounts for up to 8 per cent of Japan's carbon dioxide ( co …
Some 70 per cent pump stations of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) are operating without dis-omfection system due to lack of chlorine gas, absence of operators and mechanical faults, endangering the public health in the city, sources said. According to a report of Dhaka WASA, the percentage of …
The world's forests are in crisis mode, with only 20 per cent of the world's original forest cover still in existence, said Greenpeace International representative Paul Hohnen, on behalf of a coalition of NGOs attending the International Forum on Forests. The co-chairman of the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum …
In a belated but welcome move, the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board(APPCB) has ordered stoppage of all construction and related activities at the proposed site for a ship-breaking unit and commercial port at Vodarevu, near Chirala in Prakasam district, in view of the impact it will have on the health …
Hasta Maya Gurung, a small farmer in Simal Danda VDC, no longer runs away from the watchful eyes of forest ranges. Many like her across eight districts in the country would have never imagined that the rangers, whom they termed as "cold-hearted brutes", would some day be assisting them in …
The forest fire that started around 1:15pm yesterday from the foothills just above Babina village, Thimphy, devoured more than 30 acres in just an hour. Fiercely blown by the wind, dark clouds of smoke screened the sun and threatened the century-old Wangdirse Lhakhang, situated at the top of the hill.
Barely a few kilometres from the Kallahall Range headquartes of the Nagarhole National Park near Mysore, smugglers have reportedly felled 12 large teak trees, valued at Rs 25 lakh, an escaped with part of the loot in December last year.
