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 World Bank has agreed to extend the Maharashtra Forestry project by 18 more months. The Rs. 180-crore, integrated eco-development project was to have ended on September 30. The extension follows discussions held by the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, with the Vice-President of the World …
The Minister for Environemnt and Forests, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, announced formation of a high-powered committee consisting of representatives of Central as well as State Governments to carefully examine records of Zudupi jungle land particularly in Vidarbha region.Zudupi land, which have been put to non-forest use, for building,agriculture, construction and industries, …
The timber mafia's recent attacks on forest guards posted inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park have demoralised all forest officials, Deputy Conservator of Forests A R Bharati has said.
In a concession born of crisis, Russia has agreed to sell the United States up to all its allotted research time aboard the first phase of the International Space Station for $60 million, NASA officials say. In theory the deal reduces Russia's role to that of a builder but not …
The quality of the US most polluted waters has improved enormously over the past 20 years, largely as a result of strong action taken to control pollution from sources such as muncipal wastewater treatment plants and industrial discharges. Ironically, however, some of the cleanest waters have continued to degrade because …
The Indonesian government, as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, has lifted its 10 year ban on log exports with the hope of generating foreign currency needed to get the derailed economy back on track. It has also announced plans to radically limit the number and size …
Rural India's development efforts could get an unexpected boost from the computer software field. To kick-off such attempts the first program of its kind has been has just been launched by public spirited citizens, which offers to simulate the performance of rainwater collection tanks. Called SimTanks, this free computer software …
Punjab Forest Department has decided to give its undeveloped lands across the province in Pakistan to private sector on lease to develop these lands. This was stated by Punjab Forest Minister Malik Saleem Iqbal while talking to the newsmen . He said private sector will be bound to use this …
European and US elm trees, already endangered by Dutch elm disease, are now facing a new threat. Scientists have discovered that elms are being killed by a rapidly spreading bacterial infection for which there is no known cure. The disease, called Elm Yellows, is caused by bacteria spread by insects …
SAND dunes extending till the land meets the sky. That is what we expect a desert scene to be like, right? Wrong. Give geneticists and plant biologists some more time and they promise to make the deserts green. Researchers in Japan have found ways to help plants beat the desert …
SOME 10 kilometres from the din of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India, the gharial - a member of the reptile fam-ily - is getting a second lease of life. More than two decades ago, the Gharial Rehabilitation Centre was set up here in the Kukrail reserve forest area. Its aim: …
UNUSUALLY detailed pictures taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA'S) unmanned spacecraft Galileo reveal that Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede has geologic hints of an early sub-surface ocean. Also seen was a chain of 13 craters, which were probably formed by impacts from a broken comet similar to the …
ASIA'S once-abundant sea horse population has gone down drastically in recent years, owing to heavy demand for their use in traditional medicines, aphrodisiacs and aquariums, said conservationists. Destruction of their habitat is another major cause for their decline, they say. "We're dealing with a situation where we still have some …
WORKERS at Gujarat's only basic chromium sulphate factory, Hema Chemicals, are suffering from nasal septum perforations, or holes in their noses, due to continuous exposure to hazardous chemicals. The factory lacks essential facilities such as proper ventilation, provision for natural light and fire exits. The result is all too evident. …
CANCER chemotherapy is, even at the best of times, a pretty tricky business. Doctors are always walking the razor's edge, since the line between killing the tumour and killing the patient is extremely thin. That is because chemotherapeutic drugs targeted to kill the rogue cells first spread throughout the body, …
The orang-utan, one of human's closest relatives, may be extinct in the next 20 years if the uncontrolled destruction of Indonesia's forests continues in its present manner, according to a report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The loss of forest habitat and poaching for bush meat are leading to …
The sal forests of Madhya Pradesh are once again facing problems. With the monsoons, there is a renewed onslaught of the sal borer beetle, Hoplocerambix spinicornis, which created havoc in 1997 by infecting more than 31 lakh sal trees worth Rs 1,200 crore. The sal borer epidemic in Madhya Pradesh …
Farmers, lumber producers and environmentalists alike were united this week in denouncing the recent suspension of forestry incentives as disastrous for Costa Rica's environmental policy and as abetrayal of President Miguel Angel Rodr
Southeast Asian nations appealed to the international community to quickly release financial aid to fight haze-causing fires and prevent the repeat of a regional catastrophe.
The latest audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor - General, that was tabled in the Madhya pradesh assembly on Tuesday, has regretted the unauthorised construction of a dam, illegal mining and the unauthorised possession of certain areas of national parks by a former ruler.
