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 …
Mani : The Kerala Congress (M) leader and former Revenue Minister, Mr. K. M. Mani, said that the Kerala cabinet decision to dereserve 28,550 hectares of forest land for granting title deeds was only an LDF ploy to claim credit for something it was not entitled to.
The Karnataka High Court today reserved its judgment on a criminal petition filed by B L Diwakar, brother of former minister B al Shankar, seeking direction to quash the criminal proceedings against before a magistrate's court at Mudigere in Chickmaglur district, for alleged encroachment of forest land. Mr Justice B …
For the first time in 10 years, Bhutan Board Products Ltd. (BBPL) is in the red. The country's premier wood-based company incurred a net loss of Nu 8.45 million in the first six months this year, in sharp contrast to a profit of Nu 13.98 million during the same period …
The Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister, Mr Ratnesh Solomon, has been accused of being involved in illegal felling of timber trees on a large scale in his forest-rich home district, Damoh. The president of the National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources, an umbrella body of over 50 NGOs and social …
the struggle against the British which finally ended in Independence plunged the villagers of Seed, Rajasthan, into troubled times. After over two decades of helpless suffering, it took a Gandhian from the neighbouring village of Sethwana to dispel the clouds of despondency. The simple step involved converting Seed to a …
australian scientists have launched a programme to bring the extinct Tasmanian tiger back to life. They are pinning their hopes on a Tasmanian tiger cub, preserved in alcohol for more than 130 years. The Australian Museum unveiled a new trust that will fund research aimed at resurrecting the specie. The …
House hunters in the next millennium shouldn't be surprised if in place of the old, dark and heavy "junglee sag" door and window frames, you see soft, light pine ones. The Bureau of Indian Standards has given NZ$550m Fletcher Challenge Forests, New Zealand, the nod for use of its pine …
The Punjab Energy Development Agency, the state' nodal agency responsible for promotion nd development of non-conventional and renewable energy sources, including small hydro power projects, has identified 130 falls of various canal systems of Punjab having total estimted potential of 130 Mw.These falls are having ultra-low heads ranging from 1.5 …
President Clinton said on Wednesday that he would permanently protect at least 40 million acres of Federal forest land from road building, logging and mining, using administrative actions meant to outmaneuver powerful opponents in Congress. Standing in front of a spectacular fall vista not far from the Shenandoah Valley -- …
A new hydropower coalition yesterday called for Congress to act sooner, rather than later, on reforming the way dams are licensed or risk losing the consumer and electric power benefits from their use. WaterPower: The Clean Energy Coalition, is a new group of more than 270 hydropower producers, suppliers and …
Demands that the Tree Authority be given autonomy are coming in thick and fast. After the Friends of Trees, the Save Bombay Committee has demanded that the Tree Authority should be put in charge of a project to increase in the tree stock of Mumbai to 25 lakhs by 2005.
The increase in diesel prices may have left commuters fuming, but it certainly has the whole hearted support from one section - the Green Brigade. "Diesel emits more hazardous particulate matter than petrol which has adverse effects on health," said the coordinator, Centre for Science and Environment, Ms. Anoumita Roy …
Germany urged the European Union yesterday to introduce sulphur-free diesel and petrol from 2007 in an effort to cut pollution and improve fuel consumption. Germany said that measures agreed by the EU in its 1998 "Auto-Oil" programme to cut the sulphur content of vehicle fuels to 50 parts per million …
Till a few decades ago the tribals in the State used to produce on an average over one lakh kilograms of raw lac of good quality per year. But over the years the production has gone down drastically with the culture remaining confined to a few pockets at Amchoi area …
Indian Farm Forestry Development Cooperative (IFFDC), promoted by IFFCO, has performed well upto the year 1998-99 by afforesting 21,350 ha of wasteland and organising 140 Primary Farm Forestry Cooperatives (PFFCS) in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
US president Bill Clinton, next week plans to announce an initiative to protect as many as 40 million acres of national forests from development. Environmentalists said, it could represent one of the most significant conservation efforts in US history, while timber and paper industry representatives said, it could harm local …
The timber mafia, active in the Sheetalpani, Kusang and Padmatola reserve forest areas of Boudh district since the seventies, has kept the newly-formed Mahanadi Wildlife Division at Phulbani engaged ever since it was set up in July 12, 1999. Recently, officials of the division had to open fire to repulse …
President Bill Clinton next week plans to announce an initiative to protect as many as 40 million acres (16.2 million hectares) of national forest from development, White House officials said. Environmentalists said it could represent one of the most significant conservation efforts in U.S. history, while timber and paper industry …
The jlush forests of Nepal, sheltering some of the world's rarest animals, are vanishing at a rate of 200 hectares a day, precipitating serious ecological and climatic change, conservation officials say. The severe depletion has forced the government to use the Royal nepal Army to guard national parks with "shoot …
The National Forest Inventory(NFI) shows that the country's forest cover has dwindled from 38 percent of the total area in the late '70s to 29 percent in 19996. Alarming is this decline over the years, it is also indicative of government failure to protect, conserve and manage forests.
