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 Government of Assam has formulated a new set of "Assam Wood-based Industries (Establishment and Regulation) Rules, 1999" to become effective very soon, in the matter of regulating timber trade in the State which had come to a total halt following a ban slapped by the Supreme Court on all …
The "green lung" status accorded to the Ridge so far is now reduced to a myth as it has lost almost all its ecological functions, experts say. The number of flowering plants has dwindled considerably and the "vanishing species" have robbed the Ridge of its privileged functions.
With the National Forestry Research Pland (NFRP) in its finalisation stage, the forest researchers and managers are faced with a growing challenge of enhancing the productivity of natural resources for simultaneously meeting the mass requirement of local populations and also the industries depending on them.
The Central Government has launched a Rs 5 crore Integrated Wasteland Development Project (IWDP) for the development of Mehla and Tissa blocks of Chamba district for a period of four years. Under this project major works to be undertaken includes afforestation, treatment of soil erosion points, conservation of water resources, …
The ninth and the final review mission of the World Bank reviewed the Forestry Project Mandla. The World Bank inspection team praised and extolled the works of Forest Committee of Macharia village under Mandla development block, under Madhya Pradesh Forestry Project.
The National Forest Fire Control Committee yesterday announced measures to combat forest fires in the coming dry season. It declared February 24 an annual Forest Fire Smog-Free Day and set up provincial task forces to ensure all concerned agencies were up to the task in alerting the public of the …
In an unprecedented move, officials from the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( asean ) met representatives from Indonesian plantation firms to discuss ways to prevent forest fires that gave rise to the disastrous smoky haze in the region. The firms are held responsible for triggering the huge forest fires …
B F Goodrich's General Chemical Plant in Akron and its surrounding area in Ohio had to be evacuated after approximately 1,500 litres of butadiene was accidentally released. Butadiene is a flammable material used in the production of synthetic rubber. Immediately after the chemical release about 100 employees and visitors were …
The four timber companies which have sought permission to import logs from Burma believe they will be able to do so after Agriculture Minister Pongpol Adireksarn visits that country in March. Polpana, B & F Goodrich, FA Pharmaceutical and Thai-Korean Veterans' Welfare have waited for over two years to get …
Delhiites are now breathing better quality air. There has been a significant reduction in pollution at traffic intersections and industrial areas with respect to carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead sulphur dioxide and suspended particulate matter. As for residental area, nitrogen dioxide and lead contents in the atmosphere has come down.According …
With the world's forests diminishing, more than 100 governments inched closer to talks on a new preservation treaty but fell short of promising full-fledged negotiations as Canada wanted. But delegates at a two-week conference agreed to create a permanent UN body to protect forests that would meet at least once …
A report by the bank's operations evaluation department acknowledges that deforestation and degradation of natural forests is proceeding apace. The bank's decision in 1991 to discontinue loans for commercial logging activities has made little difference.
The US Government wants to boost its spending on efforts to slow down the loss of forests around the world with an 88% increase over funding levels for 2000.The global forest protection initiative, 'Greening the Globe', would cost the US $150 million, up from $80 million dollars this year. The …
The Guwahati High Court has asked Assam government to take immediate steps to stop illegal felling of trees, begin afforestation and clear encroachment on forest area so that flora and fauna were preserved.
Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad will lead his country next month in his favourite pastime-breaking world records-by planting 100,000 trees in a minute. Malaysia's record breaking attempt will be nationally televised on Oct. 15, and will see thousands of Malaysians across the country plant saplings to at least one meter …
Supreme Court tells Krishna: The Karnataka government on Friday suffered a serious setback in its efforts to secure release of thespian Rajkumar with the Supreme Court refusing to allow the release of 30 Verappan's men lodged in jail and withdrawl of TADA cases against 115.
After the publicly funded Human Genome Project and various privately funded related projects, the spotlight has shifted to SNPs(or single nucleotide polumorphisms),a gene mapping technology to track down disease-causing genes.
World Bank : Bangladesh has become a model for eliminating lead from gasoline, a problem that was creating serious health hazards, the World Bank said. "By going lead-free virtually overnight, Bangladesh has become a model for other countries in the developing world that are working to eliminate the harmful pollutant …
Northwest China's Qinghai Province is vigorously pushing ahead a ten-year afforestation program.The move is to increase forest coverage in Qinghai by four percent, said a local forestry official.Under the program, 23 million mu (1.53 million hectares) of hinterland in the province is expected to be reforested with trees and grass, …
Forestry authorities will pour a record 220 million yuan (US$26.5 million) into a massive afforestation plan aimed at turning China's barren and arid western regions into green areas, it was recently announced. "The funds granted for the plan will be used during the 2000-10 period, with priority given to new …
