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 multi-use sal seeds may be an ordinary minor forest product for the triabls who are engaged in collecting it for thier livelihood, but very few have any idea that they are helping the country to earn valuable foreign exchange.Ironically, these tribals are being left in a lurch this year …
The discovery of the skin of Britain's oldest banana - about 500 years old and probably consumed during the reign of Henry VIII - has puzzled archaeologists because teh exotic fruit was not commonly imported until the 19th century.Staff from the Museum of London excavating a medieval site to the …
Thirty-five European states have signed an intenational agreement to combat water-borne diseases and improve the quality of drinking water throughout Europe. The agreement, negotiated by the World Health Organisaton, commits countries to ensure adequate sanitation and safe drinking water, protect water resources, and implement monitoring of water standards.
The 3-day national seminar on "Mangrove Ecosystems Dynamics of Indus Delta", concluded in Karachi recommending that full protection be provided to forests and steps be taken to change their legal status from protected to reserved forests. It pointed out that magrove forests with the Sindh Forest Department were declared as …
The trial over the importation of a deadly consignment of Taiwanese toxic waste opened with only two of the seven defendants turning up. They both denied conspiring to import and dump 3,000 tonnes of mercury-laden waste from chemical giant Formosa Plastics. When a port worker died of respiratory illness after …
Representatives of forest dwellers nationwide have demanded that Chart Thai Party leader Banharn Silpa-archa halt a party plan to table the Community Forest Bill in the June 22 cabinet meeting because it does not represent community views. They said the essence of the bill, dubbed the Chart Thai version, has …
Unabated felling of trees and destruction of wildlife in Borajan reserve forest have caused concern to the people living on the periphery of the reserve. They held a meeting on May 30 last at Burha Dangaria L P School to initiate an action Plan to save the reserve forest.
More than 500 stupas, dozens of Buddhist mounds and the remains of several shiv temples were unearthed early this week atop a hill in Bansipur forest in the Sangrampur area of Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district. This finding is barely a month after another major Buddhist site was discovered at Madighat …
An agreement is expected to be signed yesterday on logging in one of Canada's most famous environmental battlegrounds that could even lead to environmentalist promoting wood products from the area. The pact between MacMillan Bloedel Ltd , natives and four environmental groups will support the use of selective logging in …
The European Commission has secured agreement from South Korean carmakers on a voluntary scheme to cut pollution, but a similar deal with Japan is yet to be finalised, a Commission spokesman said. "We're basically there with South Korea," said Jochen Kubosch, spokesman for acting EU Industry Commissioner Martin Bangemann. "We're …
experts : Forest scientists attending a seminar on mangroves have recommended that at least 35 million acre feet (MAF) fresh water is required for the survival of the mangroves in the Indus delta. The participants of the national seminar on "Mangrove Ecosystem - Dynamics of the Indus Delta," organized jointly …
The Ministry of environment and forests has taken a decision to give areas of denuded forest land to the NGOs and industrial houses for voluntary improvement of forest cover over a period of two years. Officials in the ministry claim that the development of barren areas will be carried out …
The Yunnan yew, an endangered species under state protection, was commonly found in the mountains in southwest China in the early 1990s but is rarely seen today. Recent estimates indicate that only 100-odd Yunnan yew exist today.
Nearly 30 trees have been cut from the Outer Ring Road on the stretch from Savitri Cinema to Nehru Place. The assault on the greenery has come because of a fly-over. This time it is official and all ther permission papers fromt he forest department are in place.
Governor Somroeng Punnayopakorn has ordered an inquiry into ongoing logging in Salween national park. Mr Somroeng said 255 logs were recently discovered near the park office. Many of the logs showed clear signs they had been felled with chainsaws only four or five days prior to the discovery, he said. …
Himachal Pradesh has recorded the highest ever number of forest fires even as frequent rain during the second half of the summer saved the forests from colossal damage.
The efforts of the Bombay high court and the Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG) over the last two years to curb deforestation in the Mahabaleshwar Panchgani plateau seem to be paying off painfully slowly, if at all. A tour of the area more than a year after the court issued …
fifty years ago, Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh was covered with dense forests. People were rich and prosperous. All was well till a famine ravaged the district and forced the people to go hungry. Forests became their only source of livelihood. Fifty years later, Anantapur stands bare. Its parched land …
Two women from the villages of Kola and Jameri in district Pauri Garhwal died while trying to fight the forest fires, according to Sachchidanand Bharati of the Doodhatoli Lok Vikas Sansthan (DLVS), a voluntary group in Ufrainkhal village of the district that works on regeneration of forests in the region. …
