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 …
Greenpeace said yesterday that Belgian timber industry officials had agreed to meet them to discuss logging practices in the central Africa nation of Cameroon. About 20 Greenpeace activists on Monday temporarily blocked the unloading of a timber shipment from Cameroon to protest what it claims are environmentally damaging logging practices. …
SC tells govt to keep off survey: Investigation into the forest encroachment scam in Chikmagalur district has taken a fresh turn with the Supreme Court restraining the state government from interfering with survey work. The SC passed the orders on May 8 after it came across instances where Forest Minister …
The first-ever regional conference aimed at tackling timber smuggling from Cambodia will be held in Phnom Penh next month, organisers said on yesterday. The June 14-16 meeting will bring together government and forest industry officials and non-governmental groups from Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. Officials from the International Monetary …
More than 4,000 youngsters from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were organized to plant pine trees along both banks of the Yellow river at weekends, said local sources. The effort is just part of the autonomous region's many activities calculated to protect rivers running through it, including the Yellow …
Fires char Garhwal, Kumaon: According to the six-member Union forest and environment ministry team which visited the sites of the recent fires in the Garhwal and Kumaon regions, burning of pine needles by the villagers, absence of winter rains and earthquakes are the three predominant causes of forest fires in …
Throwing all existing norms to the winds, hundreds of trees have been felled in the miscellaneous plantation in the Mekkapala area under the Kodanad Division of the Malayattoot Forest Range. Citing that the opeation has violated directives of the Supreme Court and the High Court, a Kochi-based green movement has …
The Delhi Government started demolition of an office building constructed in the Kamla Nehru reserved forest by former Conservator of Forests H C Dhawan, on Monday.The Government is also planning to take action against him including recovering the cost of construction and furnishing from the officer.
A comprehensive action plan is being outlined for collction and storage of minor forest products(MFP) in an endeavour to entail economic benefits to the collectors of these products in the Bastar district of the State.
The landscape looks desolate with tree stumps jutting out of lush green grass for ove a kilometre near Nainital - as if a ginat scythe had cut a wide swathe through the area. Just when the tourist season is about to begin, this hill station is expressing its outrage over …
The powerful timber mafia is allegedly responsible for the devastating fire that has charred about 80,000 hectares of forests in the hills of Uttar Pradesh, but the Central Government says it is unaware of any such involvement and blames villagers for the destruction.The worst ever forest fire, burning for over …
Government offices will be encouraged to buy banboo products and furniture to cut down on the use of wood which is hastening the depletion of the forest cover. The project has been discussed with several ministries and the ministry of defence has already agreed to buy more of bamboo products. …
The problem of sandalwood smuggling to Pondicherry from Tiruvannamalai, Padavedu near Vellore, Polur, Chengam and Alangayam is on the rise. According to Forest department sources, the problem has increased in the past one year as three sandalwood oil factories have started functioning in the neighbouring Union Territory.
Katkari tribls who have been tilling the land for more than 20 years, are being pushed back to denuded forests. These events occurred only about six months ago, due to the forces of "development" that have crept in from nearby Mumbai. Since October 1998, about 1,500 Katkari tribals have been …
The army has been accused of carrying out illegal construction and felling of trees in a section of the Ridge assigned to it fr conducting exercises.Addressing a press conference called by Citizens for Preservation of the Quarries and Lakes Wilderness(CPQLW), Vikram Soni, an activist, said:"It is an unambiguous fact that …
The Environment ministry has approached the finance ministry for a reduction in import duty for compressed natural gas(CNG) kits which is being considered as a cleaner alternative fuel.At present CNG kits attract about 70 per cent importy duty forcing car owners to shell out an additional Rs 30,000 to switch …
The Ministry of Rural Development has decided to give incentives in the form of additional funds to States which initiate steps for institutionalising community participation in the rural water supply programme.
The creator of Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, is trying to clone a pig, he said on Thursday. Professor Ian Wilmut told the BBC he was trying to develop a technique to clone pigs so that their organs could be used for …
Maruti Udyog Ltd has decided to absorb the increase in cost for making its vehicles Euro-I compliant and said it would be ready with vehicles meeting Euro-I emission norms by June 1. This would mean the company can sell its cars in Delhi and the national capital region(NCR) from June …
The Shaman tribe of the Amazon rainforest have sought to revoke a patent granted to businessperson from the us on their most sacred plant, a vine called ayauasca , which has medicinal and ceremonial qualities. The tribe uses ayuhuasca to make a potent hallucinogenic brew for religious rituals. "The vine …
gorillas are the latest victim of political and ethnic conflicts, that have engulfed eastern Africa. About 300 gorillas live in Bwindi and 320 in the forests that run through Uganda, Rwanda and Congo. In a strange relationship, the survival of the local people depends on the revenue from tourism that …
