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 …
When the fence starts eating the field, the fate of the crop can well be predicted, goes a Bundelkhandi saying. Several environmentalists in the state believe the analogy could apply to Ratnesh solomon handling the forest portfolio. It was like handing over the forests to the jungle Mafia, according to …
The biggest users of Amazon timber are not foreigners but Brazilians themselves, according to a report that explodes one of the myths about the destruction of Brazilian rainforest. According to Friends of the Earth, the environmental group, 86 per cent of all timber from the Brazilian part of the Amazon …
Governor Samroeng Punyopakorn yesterday said the imports would halt illegal logging in Thai forests. He expressed confidence there would be no recurrence of the Salween logging scandal involving sending Thai logs to Burma before being sent back to Thailand with Burmese stamp. Four Thai firms-Polpana, FA Pharmaceutical, B&F; Goodrich and …
The Punjab Government has signed memorandums of under-standing(MoUs) with two private companies to build 20 mini-hydel plants under build, operate and own basis.These hydel sites have been allotted to private developers by the Punjab Energy Development Agency(PEDA).
PPL Therapeutics, the British biopharmaceutical company that helped to clone Dolly the sheep, on Wednesday announced the birth of two transgenic sheep with a targeted gene. The two lambs, Cupid and Diana, carry a gene that was inserted using a new technique called gene targeting which replaces one gene with …
A small group of hill men, 10 Valayar families who had migrated to Attappadi Hills from Tamil Nadu side 45 years back and living in complete isolation at Sholayur forests, are facing extinction.
In the first half of this year China stepped up its nationwide afforestation project, with more than half of the annual target already achieved. By May 20, the country had afforested 2.835 million hectares of land, accounting for 59.4 percent of the annual plan, according to statistics released by the …
Thai-Korean Veterans' Welfare Co, one of four Thai importers of Burmese logs, has inflated by a thousand-fold the volume of logs it wishes to import, in its application to the Forestry Department. Forestry chief Plodprasop Suraswadi said yesterday the Burmese government had officially informed the department of the actual volume …
More than 20 kinds of plant diseases and insect pests are threatening large stretches of forest land in 11 cities and counties in Northwest China's Qinghai Province.The pest plague is so widespread that it is devouring the province's precious forest resources. The provincial forest coverage rate is only 2.59 per …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is to participate in a large scale forestation project in New South Wales, Australia, according to company officials. The power utility, which accounts for some 7-8% of all carbon-dioxide emissions in Japan, intends to factor into calculations of its greenhouse-gas emissions the volume of carbon dioxide …
Customs and forestry officials plan to work more closely together in monitoring log movements in the North of Thailand in a bid to end illegal tree felling. The will cooperate in supervising the importation and transport of logs and in establishing where the logs are to be processed, a Customs …
What is happening to the forests of Kanchanpur (Nepal) present a compelling case for direct government intervention. The rate in which these forests are being depleted-more than one thousand hectares every year for the past twelve years-is to say the least, alarming. Thirty six years ago, forests comprised 70 percent …
Rapid deforestation in Mahendranagar (Nepal) has turned nearly 13,000 hectares of forest-covered zone into barren land within a span of 12 years, according to District Forest Office (DFO). According to an estimate, 2.83 hectare of land has been deforestated each day.
Opposition UNIP Kikonge ward councillor Michael Mwaangala in Chavuma district has asked the Zambian government to come up with a clear forestry policy which would help curb careless cutting of trees. Mwaangala charged that those currently dealing in timber are cutting trees without any measure of replacing them. "Much of …
Consumers may want to think twice before reaching for the salt-shaker, following an alarming Cost Rican government report released this week showing that salt produced in Costa Rica contains dangerous concentrations of lead and cadmium. These toxic metals can have serious effects on the human body if not kept below …
a global fund to sponsor and coordinate research into the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment was launched in London. The European Chemical Industry Association, the us Chemical Manufacturers Association and the Japanese Chemical Industry Association announced plans for a us $25 million annual fund for a …
As monsoons approach the hills of Garhwal, residents of Tehri town face the threat of eviction. If the construction of the dam is on schedule, the residents will have to be evacuated latest by November. An increasing number of deer in Delhi zoo are contracting tuberculosis, as a result of …
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has launched a drive to retrieve the forest area from encroachers and to effemctively check timber smuggling in the state. Forest and Environment Minister Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan today told reporters that 8,000 hectares of forest land had been reclaimed from encroachers and many timber smugglers …
The Delhi high court on Tuesday ruled that the authorities should issue a seven-day notice to erring vehicles owners before fining them for not keeping the pollution level under prescribed emission limits. The order will apply only to vehicles having pollution under control certificates. The authorities will be free to …
In a statement issued on Tuesday, members of the Indian Medical Association have urged the government to take immediate measures to control particulate emission from the diesel vehicles in the country. General secretary of the Indian Medical Association Dr Prem Agarwal said, "Scientific evidence on the harmful effects of diesel …
