NGOs resent forest officials' remark on tree-planting
The relationship that should exist between the Forest Department and the NGOs in Chennai's tree planting drive was the focus of a meeting sponsored by the Central Pollution Control Board here.At the end of the session on Sunday, there was intense resentment among several NGOs at the observations made by …
Timber
further regulated : The export of semi-finished wood products will be banned, the number of forest management units increased, and three sawmills established and operated by the Forestry Development Corporation (FDC) in Ram Tokto and Kharsadrapchu, selling sawn timber at Nu 140 a cft. These are some of the measures …
Tk 2.90 cr project to produce 'Atar'
Bangladesh government has taken up an 'Agar Forestation Project' at a cost of Tk 2.90 crore in the region to procue 'Atar' an essence. The project first of its kind in the country, was initiated by Forest and Environment Ministry in 1998-99 fiscal year and is expected to be completed …
If you can't stop wildfires, tame them
Starting in the 1980s, environmental groups and the US government had sharply curtailed logging and grazing on Western public lands, including the 500,000-hectare Coconino National Forest. This was perceived by many as an experimental victory, but it didn't heal the forest, which was unnaturally overgrown with stunted trees. So in …
Policy change to hit eco-balance
The recent decision of the Himachal Pradesh government to impose a drastic cut on the plan outlay for sapling plantation during the current financial year has attracted widespred criticism, particularly from environmentalists, as it will have long-term adverse effects.
Felling would improve our forests' health, says minister
Australia's native forests would be vastly improved if the timber industry were able to log in restricted areas, federal Forestry and Conservation Minister Wilson Tuckey said yesterday.He said the Australian system of protecting large areas of forest was not good for trees or the economy.
Permission sought for cutting forests
Sarhad Awami Forestry Ittehad, an alliance of forest owners and NGOs, on Friday urged the Frontier government to lift the ban on cutting of forests in Hazara and Malakand areas. Talking to newsmen at the Peshawar Press Club, SAFI chief Riaz Mohammad Khan of Bhogarmang asked the government to allow …
SC ruling on surplus land holders' rights
A two-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Mr Justice D.P. Mohapatra and Mr Justice R.P. Sethi after analyisng the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Land Reforms Act, 1973, today held that the holders of surplus land had no right to felling and removing trees or other forest produce from …
Gujarat plans forests on wasteland
The State Government has initiated a move to hand over the wastelands under the Revenue Department's possession to the Forest Department to undertake a massive afforestation programme in different parts of the state, mainly in Saurashtra and Kutch.
Forest Act alienating tribals, says Digvijay Singh
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh has asked the Centre to review the Forest Conservation Act, saying the 20-year-old legislation was alienating triabls and pushing them down the Naxal route.
Forest Dept told to shelve Sabarimala action plan
An innovative proposal mooted by the Forest department to preserve the sensitive Sabarimala forests received a serious set back with the Government making a somersault on the issue and directing the officials concerned to shelve the project in the last minute. It was after a relentless legal fight that the …
'Natural' forestry plan fights fires with fire
With the embers of this year's wildfires still smoldering across the West, the warring factions that have fought for decades over what to do with America's public lands have finally agreed on one thing: The forests are sick.After years of delay, a coalition of highly politicized interests appears ready to …
Where forests disappear
In the battle to save Cambodia's tropical hardwood forests from destruction, it seemed like a case the conservationists could not lose. The government had what looked like ironclad evidence, gathered from aerial inspections and on site visits, that a Malaysian company was illegally logging Cambodian forests. But when the case …
Queensland yes to bush clearing
Conservationists will use the Olympics to try to embarrass Australia internationally after the Queensland Government signalled it would allow 1.8 million hectares of threatened bushland to be cleared.Part of the state legislation to protected "endangered" bushland will be enacted next week, but emerging from the meeting, the Australian Conservation Foundation's …
Punjab farmers grab Himachal land
Influential persons from Punjab have reportedly encroached on some 400 acres of shamlat and forest land of Nalargarh subdivision of Himachal Pradesh. The encroached land has precious timber worth crores, of which a major portion may have already been cut and sold illegally.
Tree-thinning plan aims to lower fire risk
In a major new foray into wildfire prevention, President Bill Clinton's administration will try to put into broad effect an experimental effort under way in Arizona that is intended to reduce fire dangers by thinning small trees from forests while leaving the largest, most fire-resistant ones.
Forest-thinning plan weighed
The U.S. Forest Service wants to boost efforts to remove small trees and brush near western communities in response to wildfires raging this summer, agency officials said yesterday.Trees 12 inches in diameter and smaller pose the greatest threat of fires in places such as Flagstaff, Ariz., Missoula, Mont., and Santa …
Probe ordered into UP woods trade
The Allahabad High Court yesterday directed the deputy inspector-general of police to inquire into the alleged involvement of some police officials in illegal trade of forest woods in collusion with forest mafias in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and file a report in this regard.
