Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Once in the year 1998, in search of a village on the way to Panchmarhi for conducting the exposure visit for the international participants of an international training programme the village Khatpura was discovered by three IIFM Faculty. The village became a remarkable successful JFM village in Sehore Forest Division. …
Guidelines for establishing CAMPAs in the States/UTs and putting in place a funding mechanism for enhancing forest and tree cover and conservation and management of wildlife by utilising funds received towards Compensatory Afforestation, Net Present Value (NPV), etc., currently available with the Adhoc CAMPA. The guidelines, prepared are, by and …
Yuva Dol of Sivasagar observed the World Environment Day in association with ONGC and Sivasagar district administration from June 4 to June 6 with various progammes. A drawing competition held on the occasion was inaugurated by NM Hussain, DC Sivasagar on June 4 who expressed his hope that drawing competitions …
Dharamsala: Newly elected Kangra BJP MP Rajan Sushant today held a meeting with district officials for the first time. While talking to mediapersons, he said people were facing problems due to stringent forest and wildlife sanctuary laws. Unmindful of the fact that felling in notified forest areas and the wildlife …
Green concerns: The Minister of Coal, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, and the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, at a press conference in the Capital, on Thursday. The Environment Ministry will speed up the approval process for development of new coal mines. - V.V. Krishnan Our Bureau New …
Mumbai: Climate change is a global issue affecting every living being and is a direct result of over exploitation of natural resources. While environmentalists and governments are busy pretending to be worried about the drastic change in climate pattern, they conveniently forget basics such as to conserve soil moisture and …
The Moran community, which is predominant in Tinsukia district, has taken the unique step of declaring the Hollong tree as their traditional tree, a move that is likely to conserve the species from rampant depredation. The DFO of the Doomdooma Forest Division, S C Khatoniar is quite hopeful that the …
New Delhi: The Bellary mining lords may soon suffer a greater blow than the global recession. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has ordered an enquiry by the director general of forests, the highest forest official in the country, into alleged contraventions of the Forest Conservation Act by mining companies in the …
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that there will be no dilution of the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 when it comes to clearing projects that require diversion of large tracts of forest land. Replying to queries on the large number of …
Rs 227.46 lakh proposal in 2009-10 action plan. The components of the draft plan also include infrastructure development, creating camp sites, boundary demarcation and awareness programmes besides monitoring and evaluation. Sarikah Atreya Gangtok, June 10 An amount of Rs 227.46 lakh have been proposed in the 2009-10 draft management action …
The Centre will soon release Rs 700 crore for the conservation of forests in the State, besides extending a special grant for the development and conservation of ecologically-sensitive Western Ghats, Union Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday. Ramesh held a breakfast meeting with Chief Minister Yeddyurappa, Energy Minister K …
Biotic pressure on Protected Areas (PAs) in developing countries is primarily to satisfy the fuelwood requirements and is one of the factors affecting their conservation. For studying the fuel consumption pattern and the potential of PA conservation through a change in fuel-mix, a fuel consumption survey was conducted during 2002 …
Carlos Minc said he told President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday that pressure from legislators, farmers and even colleagues in government had gone too far. He cited opposition from the agriculture and transportation ministries. "I explained to President Lula that the (environment) ministry is under attack," Minc told …
Concerted efforts would be would be made for the conservation and development of wildlife under Wildlife Protocol in Madhya Pradesh. It was expressed by the Additional Chief Secretary (Forest) Prashant Mehta at a two-day convention of Chief Conservator Forest, which was organised in the state capital from Saturday to Sunday. …
Carbon credits derived from a fledgling forest conservation scheme for developing nations will struggle to compete with palm oil as an investment, industry advisers and conservationists said on Friday. A UN-backed scheme called reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) allows developing countries to raise potentially billions of dollars in …
Farmers will be able to fell trees standing on their private land not covered under the forest conservation act, with the Supreme Court accepting the state government
