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 condition of Europe's forests is continuing to deteriorate, despite measures to reduce air pollution, a new report said yesterday. Throughout Europe, 35 percent of trees assessed in the survey can be classified as "healthy," about 40 percent are in the "warning stage," while about a quarter of trees are …
Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation(MOFASC) has finally endorsed the National Level Forest Inventory(NFI) of Nepal that puts the country's forest cover at 29 per cent, down from 38 per cent in the late 70s. Though the report entitled: Forst and Shrub Cover of Nepal - which is based on …
- A 100-foot (30-metre) massaranduba tree slowly falls toward the Amazon floor, cutting a thick gash through the dense tropical jungle and landing with a deafening roar. The massaranduba tree, which has wood that is rose coloured when first cut but later turns a plum red, was carefully selected and …
the Committee of secretaries (CoS) has cleared a proposal to set up a special purpose vehicle to mobilise additional resources for forest development in the country. The proposal is to ask industries setting up projects in forest areas to deposit a certain percentage of the project cost in a special …
The rich forest cover of the two hill districts of North Cachar Hills and Karbi Anglong, is under threat of denundation as the banned NCCN and local militant outfits like the Karbi National Volunteers , the Karbi People's Force and the Dtma Halam Daogah are indulging in the illegal felling …
NGOs critical, vow to form own version: The cabinet yesterday approved the Community Forest Bill as drafted and proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives. Non-governmental organisations immediately criticised the bill, which empowers state agencies in forest management, and vowed to draft their own version. The approved bill …
A salient revolution in the hydel power generation history, is in the final stages at the Sahyadri ranges in Western Maharashtra. The inauguration of the first unit of the 4 x 250-MW underground powerhouse of the Koyana stage-IV project by the chief minister, Mr. Narayan Rane, leads to the near …
Indonesia is losing about 1,00,000 hectares of green cover per year due to ravaging forest fires posing threat to the country's biodiversity, according to the environment minister, Mr. Panangian Siregar. He stated this while opening a workshop on controlling the impact of forest fires on wildlife in Bogor, West Java.
2 dark, deep forests in polluted Delhi : The monotony of the concrete jungle that is Delhi has been broken. This time with reak jungle. Rows of Neem, Kachnar and Gulmohar along with 60 other fauna varieties make two dark, deep botanical woods planted on two bald patches in the …
Kathmandy began to change on the morning of September 18. As many as 640 diesel-run three wheelers that made Nepal's capital one of the most polluted cities in South Asia disappeared from the roads. The blue-bodied Vikram tempos, imported from India, had been visible across the roads of Kathmandu for …
A unique study project is trying to develop a method of quantifying the ecological impact of a proposed dam in Thailand in economic terms. The researchers, from Resources for the Future (RFF) and a Thai university, have been studying the proposed Kaeng Sua Ten dam, which will flood one of …
People living in the vicinity of government-owned forests of Morang district have started to take active part in protecting forests which are being decimated at a rapid pace.
The historic Deopahar where historical ancient ruins of the 11th century are lying near NRL complex within Golaghat district, was once a place for the deities. In Assam History written by Sir Edward Gait the Deopahar is mentioned as Deoparbat. Deopahar is still covered with deep forests and recently the …
Bhutanese refugees staying at the Pathrai-Shanischare refugee camp have been deforestating the forest of the respective VDCs, despite a quota of kerosene they are provided daily. According to Mohan Neupane, the chairman of Shanischare VDC, the refugees sell the kerosene and go to the forests to fetch fire woods.
For the first time, the Yamuna river banks are being afforestated in a big way. The forest department of the Delhi Government has chalked out a greening drive under which nearly 60,000 saplings will be planted along the river banks this year.
Timber contractors appear to be behind the move to rid the city of eucalyptus trees. They are aiming at a dilution of the Delhi Tree Preservation Act by pressurising the Delhi Gvoernment to bring the euclyptus out of the perview of the Act.
Human rights violations against forest-dependent, marginalized and tribal communities because of the creation of protected areas and national parks will come up for intense deliberations at a three-day international workshop beginning at Dehradun on Friday.
a detailed proposal to halve the percentage of smokers by 2010 was unveiled recently by the Japanese government. This is for the first time that the health and welfare ministry has set numerical targets in its effort to control cigarette smoking. It plans to force tobacco companies reveal more information …
orissa's green cover has shrunk by 1,420 square kilometre (sq km) in the last nine years, bringing down the total forest area from 59,555 sq km in 1990 to 58,135 sq km in 1999, forest department sources said. The biannual report published by the Forest Research Institute at Dehradun in …
A division bench of the Calcutta high court recently directed the Union government to file an affidavit stating the steps it has taken to avoid erosion and recurrence of floods in Malda. The bench, comprising Chief Justice S B Sinha and Justice MHS Ansari, however, rejected the Centre's report on …
