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 …
Japan will host the Third World Water Forum in March 2003, the government said Monday. The decision was made by National Land Agency Director General Masaaki Nakayama at the request of the World Commission on Water. The commission was established as a think tank in 1996 by UNESCO, the World …
In a bid to win over tribals and dalits, Naveen Patnaik government is considering plans to legalise forest encroachments by giving them permanent land titles.
Nagaon district, which is located in the central part of the State, with 22,354 hectares of forest area, is fast becoming a hunting ground of some timber smugglers who are assisted by some officials of forest department.
The Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute in Bangalore has developed simple technologies to exploit bamboo as a good alternative to forest timber in construction industry.
The Himachal Pradesh government's recent decision in the state for lining its cash-starved coffers has upset environmentalists and politicians in the state. As per the decision, green trees will be allowed to be axed. This will be more in the nature of culling - making way for regeneration of the …
Remains of a 280 million-year-old forest once teeming with towering trees, that are now extinct, have been unearthed by geologists in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. The 'Gondwana forest' lay buried under layers of red soil, which now bears a charming green stretch of sal and piyal trees.
Rejection of Sindh government's plea to halt RBOD project deplored: The Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment (Scope) has regretted rejection of Sindh Governor's plea to halt controversial part, Indus Link of Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) project. In a statement local environmentalist feared that lack of understanding on …
House Speaker Wan Muhamad Nor Matha yesterday pledged fullsupport for the proposed Community Forest Bill drafted by forest dwellers and environmentalists."I wish history will be made, that a bill drafted by the people has been accepted in the House. It will be the very first bill," he told activists as …
Forest dept yet to act on vigilance report: The forest department is yet to initiate action on the vigilance report on the felling of kumbhil trees from the miscellaneous plantationin Mekkapala area under the Kodanad division of Malayattoor forest range.
Nagaland's rich agro-biodiversity is under threat. Trees are being felled randomly, forests are being burnt down and timber extraction continues unabated. The problem has assumed serious proportions due to the age-old practice of "slash and burn method of cultivation", popularly known as jhum cultivation.
the governor of New York has called for the creation of an institute on the Hudson River to conduct research that would be applicable to rivers and estuaries around the world. Governor George Pataki said that he will urge legislators to authorise the formation of an international centre for studying …
The number of palm trees in the Brendra area is gradually decreasing due to rampant felling. Once palm trees were found abundantly in the Barendra area, but now these are on the decrease. The wood of palm trees is strong and it is used for beams and rafters in kutcha …
Mr Sunderlal Bahuguna has urged the Himachal Pradesh Government to reconsider its decision to lift the ban on felling of trees felling, which he, joined by other NGOs, including those of Himachal Pradesh, would be forced to start the Chipko Movement in the hill state.
Massive cutting of trees in Amjhor forest circle had been leading to total devastation of forest land in the region of Madhya Pradesh and inviting serious environment problems. Besides the wood smugglers of the region had again started spreading their illicit business.
The Centre has pulled up the railways for slack supervision and monitoring of movement of illegally felled timber from the North-east. It said steps must be taken to curb this illegal activity " which can only take place with the connivance of some railway officials".
education key factor : Except for Haa dzongkhag, foresters around the country have experienced a relatively quiet year where forest fires are concerned. This comes as a relief especially considering the widespread damage done to Bhutan's forests last year where over 102 forest fires damaged about 29,529.13 acres of forests …
In a damning self-indictment of its decade-old forest strategy, the World Bank has admitted it has failed to implement its own policies at the expense of the things it was supposed to protect - forests and the poor. In an unusually frank internal evaluation report, the bank admitted its lending …
Chromos's scientists start with natural chromosomes that possess a pair of full length arms, and another pair of stubby arms containing no working genes. Using DNA manufacturing enzymes, the researchers duplicate these stubby arms and extend them with inert "satellite DNA".
Engineers say it appears that NASA's Galileo spacecraft has chalked up its first successful encounter of the year 2000.This encounter began when the spacecraft flew over Jupiter's icy moon Europa on Monday morning, January 3, at an altitude of 351 kilometers(218 miles).
