Separate forest policy for North East soon
The Union Minister for Forest and ENvironment Suresh Prabhu has said that a separate 'forest policy' for the North-east region is under consideration and wuld be cleared by the centre soon after the expert committee examines and recommends it to th government for approval.
Poor collect leaves; do not fell trees
The women of Pumdi Bhumdi village development committee of Kaski district of Nepal have proved that the poor people earning a living by collecting leaves do not cut down trees. As the women of the VDC learn a living by collecting leaves of Pipal trees under the income generation programme, …
Forest fears
The rainforests in Central Africa which cover much of the two Congos, Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and a small corner of the Central African Republic, make up the single largest area of rainforest in the world after the Amazon. And they are being chopped down at the rate of 4m …
200 trees to be butchered
At least 200 fully grown trees will be butchered in Bangalore to make way for flyovers, grade separators and for widening roads as the Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BMP) implements its Mega City schemes to ease the traffic congestion.
Sundarbans to be preserved, says Sajeda
Environment and Forests Minister Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury said the Bangladesh government is determined to develop the Sundarbans by protecting and preserving its flora and fauna. At the first meeting of thed Sundarban Stewardship Commission, the minister regretted that the world's largest mangrove forest and its plants and animals are on …
Seven lakh trees to be planted
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD) would plant more than 7 lakh trees and shrubs in Delhi during the coming monsoon season, Mr. V.S. Sharma, Additional Commissioner(Horticulture).
Sikhs to observe July 4 as 'Green Day'
Sikhs all over the Capital will observe July 4 as "Green Day". As many as 50,000 trees will be planted under the Khalsa Tree Environmental Project on this day.
Water at risk' from logging
Water supplies to Geelong and other towns in south-western Victoria in Australia are at risk from plans to intensify logging in the Otways, a report has warned. Plans to clear-fell forests every 80 years could drastically cut water supplies. As young trees absorb and release more water to the atmosphere …
Hundreds evacuated after toxic scare in western Havana
Hundreds of Cubans were evacuated from their homes late on Tuesday after a warehouse accident sent a huge pall of toxic-smelling smoke over a densely populated zone of western Havana.The police and witnesses said some sort of an accident occurred at the warehouse, belonging to state tourism firm Cubanacan, around …
Panel fines MCD for non-supply of water
A city consumer court has asked the Municiapl Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to pay Rs 3,000 to a consumer for not supplying water in his top floor flat, despite paying minimum water charges.
School pulls down wall, seizes parts of Ridge
In blatant violation of a Supreme Court ruling, a well-knowing public school on Pusa Road has razed the wall constructed to demarcate the Ridge. The Ridge Management Board(RMB) a body constituted by the apex court to look after the maintenance and protection of ridge, overlooked the violation of the apex …
Water from tubewells goes for a steal
Only Rs 500 per tanker: As South Delhi cries itself hoarse over water, the liquid is being ruthlessly drawn, from morning till night, and sold for a profit from right under its belly. While the authorities congratulate themselve on banning the sale of drinking water, here long queues of tankers …
SC directive to Govt. on forest land encroachment
Mr. T. L. Kundan. the Tamil Nadu Forest Staff Association, Gudalur Chapter President, has in a statement, said, "On an interlocutory, application filed by Mr. T.N. Gadavarman Thirumalpad in W.P.(C) 202/95, supported by an affidavit by him(Mr. Kundan) the Supreme Court has issued directions to the Tamil Nadu Government that, …
HP sets up panel to go into forest fires
The Himachal government has set up a high level committee beaded by the Chief Conservator of Forests, Mr O P Sharma, to go into the causes of forest fires and suggest ways to control these. Himachal Forest Minister, Thakur Rup Singh said at Mandi today that forest fires, of late …
WWF wants banyan as national tree
The World Wide Fund for Nature-India has urged the environment and forests minister to declare three important and widely distributed species as national trees.These are banyan, peepal and neem.
Israel will genetically speed up tree growth
Israeli scientists said on Monday they had developed a revolutionary way to accelerate tree and plant growth by up to 50 per cent and possibly help restore depleted rain forests worldwide. Armed with a "gene gun" and a Petri dish, scientists at a Hebrew University branch in the central Israel …
Penans blockade Baram timber land
More than 50 men, women and children from the Penan community in the remote interior of Baram in northern Sarawak, Malaysia have staged a timber blockade near their settlement to protest logging operations conducted by two private companies here. The blockade is being manned all day and night along a …
Banharn insists Burma border passes must stay closed
Border passes must remain closed to timber imports as long as logging remains a threat to our forests, Banharn Silpa-archa said yesterday. The Chart Thai leader said he had reaffirmed his stance to Pongpol Adireksarn, the agriculture minister, who was considering a petition lodged by four logging companies. Boonsawat Duangjai-ek, …
Foresters' OK gets metro out of woods
The Delhi Metro project is back on the tracks again with the Forest Department having given them the goahead to fell 3,000-odd trees which were in the way.
Taleban seek world help to fight forest fire
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement yesterday urged the international community to help it extinguish a huge fire raging for days in the eastern forests. Reports on what caused the fire in the Paich valley of Kunar province are sketchy, but several thousand families have fled their homes and international help is …
