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 ministry of environment and forests is formulating guidelines to regulate mining in ecologically fragile forests. According to the proposed guidelines, forests areas will be mapped to find out the quality of mineral deposits and forests, and the distribution of biodiversity and tribal population. And mining licences will only be …
a mysterious disease has struck thousands of sesam trees in the plains of north Bihar. The trees, which provide timber worth several crores, are drying up fast. The disease may also affect other trees, if immediate measures are not taken to check the problem. Bihar's forest department accepts that so …
traditionally, forests have been viewed as public goods, subjected to the tragedy of commons, as incentives to a "free ride' are enormous. However, Hardin's idea that there are only two sustainable policies either the commons should be privatised or it should be brought under the control of the government is …
Following exclusion of grazing animals from the Azraq Wetland Reserve in 1995, the wetland has become totally dominated by common reed ( Phragmites australis ). In an attempt to restore wetland community diversity, particularly that associated with open pools, exposed mud and low marsh, experimental reintroduction of water buffaloes has …
An "East India Companu Plant", but of a different kind, is spreading its roots in Rajasthan's reserve forests disrupting the food chain and particularly , tiger habitats and supressing the local forest plants. The Prospis Juliflora or Vilaiti Babool, more popular as "East India Company Plant " among forest officials …
Astronomers using a British telescope in Hawaii have discovered what appears to be a solar system forming around a star 10 light years away. The star, Epsilon Eridani, is similar to the Sune and has around it a ring of dust like the comet belt in our solar system , …
Nearly 30,000 people from nearby district of Mandleshwar have started a signature campaign against the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), which is opposing the construction of the Rs 1,600 crore Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Ltd (SMHPC), , which is under advanced construction at Mandleshwar, near Indore, in Madhya Pradesh.
More than 147 major irrigation projects, which were started more than 15 years ago, are yet to be completed, with a staggering amount of Rs. 42,000 crores now requried to complete them, according to official sources in the Ministry of Water Resources.
With the onset of monsoons, one of the country's finest sal forests in Madhya Pradesh face serious threat of a fresh onslaught of sal borer pest that has already affected about 31 lakh sal trees worth around Rs 1200 crores in M P last year. Madhya pradesh, the second largest …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has allayed fears that a large area of the city's green belt will get depleted during the completion of the ambitious Mass Rapid Transit System, promising to plant 10 trees for every tree that is cut down.
The ongoing World Bank-aided 800 crore Madhya Pradesh Forestry Project has been wreaking havoc on the lives of lakhs of tribals living in forest areas in the state, according in a Betul-based tribals' body, the Shramil Adivasi Sangathan.
In a bid to boost tree plantation in the state , the state government has announced prizes in the range of Rs 100 to Rs 1 lakh. "People should come forward to take benefit of this scheme which would not only help the environment and also help them win prizes." …
Anyone found cutting a tree without permission from the state pollution control board (PCB) wil be arrested, the High Court environment bench ruled today. With no existing rule against the illegal felling of trees in an urban environment, the bench comprising Justice B P Banerjee and Justice Ronojit Kumar Mitra …
A large number of villagers, mainly tribals, in the Shahpur area of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh, are at present involved in a direct conforntation with the forest depratment authorities and have launhced a strong protest against the implementation of the World Bank funded forestry project. The villagers are particularly …
At a time when the Environment and Forest Ministry has mooted a proposal to appoint green guards in every village to protect the forests, the State Government's move to amend the forest laws which permit the establishment of saw mills within 10 km of forest area has raised many eyebrows.Noted …
The potential for armed conflict between Canadian police and New Brunswick's native loggers has subsided. But the dispute over logging rights continues to simmer, as native Indian groups remain determined to assert their right to harvest and sell timber situated on government land.
Brazil has launched a plan to prevent and extinguish forest fires in its Amazon region amid fears that dry conditions there may lead to a repeat of a huge blaze such as the one earlier this year in northern Roraima state.
The Karnataka Forest Department has submitted a proposal to the state government, seeking to set up two special courts in Chikmagalur and Shimoga districts for the speedy disposal of cases relating to encroachment of forest lands.About 55,000 acres of forest land had been encroached in the districts by thousands of …
The government-owned Charkoshe Jungle in Morang and Sunsari districts of Nepal has been shrinking every year. The forest cover in the nearly 30 thousand hectare area is dwindling fast after the widespread destruction of forests. Thousands of cubic feet of timber and firewood are being taken out of the forest …
Kerala State Committee of the ruling Left Democractic Front (LDF) has decided in principle to close down the sandal oil extraction units functioning mainly on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border in Palakkad district.
