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 …
Recent satellite images show an ominous increase in forest fires in Indonesia, raising concerns in neighoring Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei that the choking blanket of smoke-borne pollution that covered much of the region in 1997 and early 1998 - disrupting tourism and transport and endangering public health - may soon …
Small farmers using slash-and-burn land clearing methos were blamed on Thursday for fires in Indonesia's western Riau province which have heightened fears of new smong dangers. But officials offered a glimmer of hope saying the number of hotspots was being reduced and the outbreaks were smaller than two years ago …
The Delhi High Court ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to submit a status report of its progress on pollution control measures in the river Yamuna. The government had allocated Rs 479.56 crore for the Yamuna Action Plan meant to clean the river. The court also asked the Haryana …
Fires were reported today in the forest area near Pubowal village in Santohgarh constituency and Jol Forest in Kutlehar area. The fire brigade at Rakkar, 3 km from Una, was engaged in putting out the fire.
The capital town of Himachal pradesh is heading for an acute water crisis this summer because of an unprecedented drought. Many natural water resources have already dried up in various parts of the state.
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor has discovered surprising evidence of past movement of the Martian crust, further evidence that ancient Mars was a more dynamic, Earth-like planet than it is today. Scientists using the spacecraft's magnetometer have discovered banded patterns of magnetic fields on the Martian surface. The adjacent magnetic bands …
Unable to contain the forest fires of the hills, the UP government has once again decided to seek help from para-military forces. The increasing volume of media coverage on the flaming forests was followed by a cursory visit to this urban centre of Uttarkhand by the U P Forest Minister, …
Malaysia will monitor forest fires in the Asean region in efforts to prevent the recurrence of haze. Department of Environment director-general Rosnani Ibarahim said the region would be monitored either by satellite or ground surveillance to detect forest fires early. "We are emphasising on preventive measures to prevent large-scale fires," …
The World Bank and other aid organisations have proposed investing $200 million in a Chinese forestry development project, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The project aimed to improve forest protection andmanagement and enhance the sustainable management of natural resources, it quoted an officialfrom the World Bank's China office …
After the recession of glaciers, landslides and earthquakes it is now the mysterious drying up of vast stretches of Banj Oak forests threatening the very survival of the rich biodiversity of the Uttarakhand region.
Forest minister Roop Singh on Tuesday appealed to the people to come forward and help fight the forest fires that were ravaging parts of the state. Speaking to The Times of India News Service, he said though the forest fires had bot reached the menacing proportions of those in the …
A spreading forest fire in Indonesian Borneo's West Kalimantan province has caused increased air pollution in the region and renewed concerns of haze problems, a report said on Tuesday.
Lack of adequate funds and non-participation of the World Bank in the afforestation schemes in Bihar has crippled the ongoing projects for maintaining the environmental balance in the State.
According to an agency report, armed gangsters have taken over half the forest areas of the three districts of Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh of Bangladesh, and are now happily going about their business of extracting timber of great value. This is not the first time we have received such reports …
The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world and a World Heritage site, has become the safe den of smugglers. The smugglers are engaged in plundering the valuable forest resources including timber and animals from the forest with the connivance of the dishonest Forest officials.
There is considerable resentment among Indian Forest Service officers belonging to the Madhya Pradesh cadre over the State Government's latest decision to bring day-to-day working of the Forest Department within the administrative purview of the newly created district governments headed by the district planning committees.When contracted, some officers pointed out …
The first forest fires this year have broken out in the Russian far east where almost 2.5 million acre of Taiga went up in flames last year, Itar-Tass reported on Monday, quoting Khabarovsk region forestry officials.
Fires threaten JNU's green landscape, wildlife: Jawaharlal Nehru University has been on fire for the past two weeks. This time round it has not been sparked off by heated ideological debates.Fifteen-odd fires have destroyed many trees in the forest area of the sprawling 1,200 are JNU campus.
At the monthly meeting of the taluk panchayat in Devanagere, on Thursday, the members said trees in Anajaikere forest area were being felled illegally.In the 250 acre of forest land in Anajikere, about 12 acre of forest is being looted and nearly Rs 5 lakh worth forest wealth whisked away, …
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approved a Forestry Project to improve environment and to ensure socio-economic upliftment of farmers through private participation in forestry. The meeting was presided over by the Chief Minister Digvijay Singh.
