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 …
Reports of damage caused by forest fires fanned by soaring temperatures and strong winds continued to pour in Kathmandu from different parts of the Nepal. The fires spread in the southern forest of Mustang have not yet been taken under control even on the sixth straight day. About 25 to …
The forest department has decided to refer the timber smuggling case in the Buxa Tiger Reserve to the state (West Bengal) vigilance commission. The department took the decison after a spot verification by senior officials revealed that the magnitude of the crime was much bigger than anticipated.
Thousands of trees are being felled in the forests of Pathri Range on the outskirts of Rajaji national Park to make space for an ambitious programme to "rehabilitate" the Van Gujjars who occupy the elephant corridor during the winter months. The felling operation began quietly last year under orders from …
BIRDS can sleep with one eye open and half of their brains awake. It is called Unithemispheric Slowave Sleep (usws). It allows birds to detect approaching predators while still getting a bit of sleep. "They are able to make behavioural decisions about whether to keep one half of the brain …
The Great Indian Bustard, known as godwan in Rajasthan, is facing the threat of extinction due to poaching. According to estimates, there are nearly 1,000 Great Indian Bustards in the world and 75 per cent of them are found in Rajasthan. To protect the bird, a "Save Godwan Campaign' has …
The World Bank aided 800-crore Madhya Pradesh Forestry Project has badly affected tribals living in the forest areas, Mr P V Rajgopal, convener of a social organisation, Ekta Prishad, charged at Bhopal today.
Delhi losses close to about Rs 4.3 crores each day as the conservator of forests and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation are entangled in a dispute over the prickly issues of cutting trees for the multi-crore metro project.
Traders in Bastar district resorted to a strike today in protest against cooperatisation of the tamarind trade, according to information received from official sources. A large number of triabl families are engaged during the season in collection of tamarind which is an important forest produce of the area.
Canadian foresters were warned earlythis week that British Columbia producers haemorrhaged red ink last year and more losseswould be on the way if they do not accept independent environmental certification. British Columbia's lumber and paper companies are expected to post an after-tax loss of C$1 billion in 1998, the accounting …
As many as 5.199 trees would be felled before the construction of the Shahdara-Pratap Nagar section of the rail corridor of the Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System project, the Lok Sabha was told on Tuesday.
Madhya Pradesh plans to cover 50 per cent of the 30,000 villages situated within a 5-km periphery of forests with the Joint Forest management(JFM) activity by the turn of the century.The World Bank assisted Madhya Pradesh Forestry Project has undetaken forestry development through JFM in both closed and open (degraded) …
Officials of the Forest Department's Territorial division posed in Buldhana, showed exceptionl interest in implementing the resolution. The scheme, in a major departure from the department's policies, admitted for the first time that forest protection was impossible without villagers's cooperation.
Some of the trees that will be saved in the agreement made by the federal government, the state of California and Pacific Lumber Company to protect the Headwaters Forest, the world's last groves of privately owned old-growth redwood trees, are more than 2,000 years old and taller than 300 feet …
An Indonesian pulp and rayon makeraccused by environmentalists of overcutting timber has been instructed to start an audit of its activities in the next few days, the company said. PT Inti Indorayon Utama (Indorayon) , owned by NewYork-listed Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL) said the Department of Industry …
Large forest areas, mainly withered grass weeds, were destroyed in a fire which broke out at the Attur and Anecad sections, Karnataka on Wednesday evening. According to reports, a spotted deer died as it came in contact with a solar wire fencing at the Attur section, when it tried to …
Dr D N Tewari, Member of the Planning Commission, will inaugurate a two-day workshop at the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehra Dun on February 9 where forest research priorities for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi will be worked out.
The Federation of Finnish Forest Industries on Thursday welcomed a national forest programme launched by the government. "The programme promotes the sustainable development of the forest industry, fellings and industrial use of timber," the federation said in a statement. The agriculture and forestry ministry said the programme aimed to increase …
Cambodian special forces are going to parachute into battle against illegal loggers as part of government plans to stamp out the rampant cutting of timber, the country's armed forces commander said. "We'll send our commandos in by helicopter and if we see illegal logging, they'll jump down by parachute to …
After a dramatic chase and five rounds of fire, Superintendent of Police, Bangalore Rural, seized sandalwood bilets worth lakhs of rupees on the outskirts of the City last night.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has condemned the beating of Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, by security guards as they tried to replant trees at Karura Forest, near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The incident happened on Jan 8 when a group of protestors led by the ecologist, who sits on …
