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 …
UN : The UN inspection team that was forced out of Iran in December has filed a report on Iraq's programmes to produce weapons of mass destruction, according to the latest edition of Newsweek. The UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) overseeing Iraq's disarmament reported that Iraq has "chemical weapons ,including at …
Even as the city chokes with exhaust gases from vehicles, the Maharashtra government's measures to tackle the problem appear to the grossly inadequate. Observers note that efforts to check the level of vehicular emissions through Pollution Under Control (PUC) checks and control of fuel quality have proved largely futile. Regional …
Encroachment by tribals is a common phenomenon in the Barispur reserve forest, Balipara reserve forest, Belseri reserve forest and in Charidur reserve forest in Sonitour district resulting in heavy felling of trees.
Former Indonesian President Suharto and his family own at least 88 million hectares of forests throughout Indonesia, said a spokesperson of the forest ministry. According to an investigation headed by forestry minister, Muslimin Nasution the land was held outright and other holdings were in the form of shares in industrial …
Lightening never strikes in the same place twice, says a popular myth. But the scientists believe otherwise. They say lightening strikes actually depend on vegetation. D Dissing and David Verbyla, forestry experts at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, USA, recorded the patterns and intensities of lightening in Alaska between …
The us National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( nasa) and Central American Commission on the Environment and Development ( ccad ) will use existing satellite data to develop land-use maps of Central America. nasa and ccad recently signed a memorandum of understanding at the nasa headquarters in Washington , usa. …
Forestry staff in Bhutan are still estimating the damage caused by a forest fire which destroyed about 300 hectares of forests between Tomiyangtsi and Gom Kora in Trashiyangtse dzongkhag early this week. People living nearby said that there had been no forest fires in the area for the last five …
The Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) has welcomed the government's decision to classify forest reserves at altitudes of 1,000m and above as protected forests. However, it called for forested land outside forest reserves above that altitude to be given the same status as they also played the same ecological functions as …
The depletion of forest resources is of continuous concern as despite warnings, destruction continues unabated in Bangladesh. As such, the news that firewood is still in use in brick fields is very alarming. By defying the ban on the use of wood many brickfield owners are showing a complete disregard …
The Haryana State Government is negotiationg with the European Union (EU) for a Rs. 126-crore assistance for its "community forestry" project in Aravalli hills bordering Rajasthan to further expand the green belt in the region. "With a Rs. 150-crore EU aid, the forest cover in the hills was expanded from …
An ambitious afforestation programme launched in the Aravalli Hills has resulted in enhanching the forest cover from nearly 2,201 hectares in 1990 to 31,886 hectares today, according to a report of the Haryana State Remote Sensing and Application Centre (HARSAC), Hisar. Also, 38.050 hectares of land had been covered under …
The Haryana Governor, Mr Mahabir Prasad, today expressed his government's deep concern over the noncompletion of the SYL canal in the Punjab territory. He said the Central Government was being constantly pressurised in this regard. The state government had made a provision of Rs 45 crore for the purpose during …
An ambitious afforestation programme launched in Aravalli hills has resulted in an increase in the forest cover from nearly 2201 hectares in 1990 to 31,886 hectares, according to the report of the Haryana State Remote Sensing and Application Centre (HARSAC), Hissar. Besides, 38,050 hectares had been covered under vegetative rehabilitation. …
Rapid shrinkage of forest cover is threatening to tilt the ecological balance in Assam. During the last couple of years about 147 square kilometre forest cover has disappeared in the State causing serious damage to animal habitats.The State at present has nearly 18,000 square kilometre of reserve forest area, about …
China has handled more than 26,000 logging violation cases over the past two months, according to State Administration of Forestry (SAF). Cao Zhen, deputy director of the Administration's Forestry Security Bureau, said the number of cases indicates that China has strenthened its efforts to eliminate logging violations.
An anti-logging group is considering legal action against Otway timber workers using a picket line to block its members from leaving a logging site near Apollo Bay (Australia). An Otway Ranges Environmental Network spokesman, Mr Adrian Whitehead, said four protesters had escaped the enclosed site by trekking through the bush …
The Kennett Government has been selling off woodchipping rights to Victoria's native forests for royalties of as little as nine cents a tonne. The revelation, contained in a document obtained by The Age, will add fuel to claims that the Australian Government has been propping up the logging industry at …
As forests around the world vanish, Bhutan is mountina desperate effort to hold onto its trees. Woodlands cover nearly three-quarters of Bhutan, a Switzerland-sized country nestled in the mountains between China and India. Surrounded by countries whose forests have been stripped, trampled and forgotten, Bhutan has embarked on one of …
The Tripura government has urged the Centre to provide adequate power to the State governments to divert at least up to five hectares reserved forest land for urgent public purposes.
About three lakh trees were felled down during the past eight years of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir rendering 5 lakh hectares of forest land barren. Stating this in Jammu at a rally organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature India, the Forest Minister, Choudhary Mohammad Rahman, said even …
