Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
The Cabinet yesterday added six birds to the list of protected wild animals in Bhutan under the Forest and Nature Conservation Act. This, forestry officials said, was the first change since the Act’s introduction in 1995, taking the total number of protected wild animals to 30 different species. The bird …
‘Concerted efforts necessary to prevent human-elephant conflict' A day-long sensitisation programme under the Tamil Nadu Biodiversity and Greening Project for members of Village Forest Councils and anti-poaching watchers was organised by the Nilgiris North division of the Forest Department here on Friday.Listing the objectives and use of such programmes, District …
China has deployed about 2,500 people to put out a forest fire near a famous snow mountain in the country’s southwestern Yunnan Province, local authorities have said. The fire began at the foot of the Dongshan Mountain in Lijiang city yesterday, the city government said. It said the fire site …
Agricultural expansion and climate variability have become important agents of disturbance in the Amazon basin. Recent studies have demonstrated considerable resilience of Amazonian forests to moderate annual drought, but they also show that interactions between deforestation, fire and drought potentially lead to losses of carbon storage and changes in regional …
Farmers and the food industry are asking the Obama administration to ease coming federal guidance that will advise consumers to minimize their intake of dioxins, chemicals that may be harmful at certain levels. The standards would, for the first time, set a limit on how much dioxin Americans can be …
Firefighters are making progress against a major blaze in one of Chile`s most spectacular national parks, the government said on Sunday, and the Israeli tourist accused of setting the fire denied guilt. Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter announced that light rain and diminished winds had helped emergency workers control three of …
A punishing drought in Texas has not only damaged crops, killed cattle, and led to widespread fires, but has also killed off a significant portion of the state's trees: between 100 and 500 million trees have perished to drought stress according to preliminary analysis. The estimate does not include tree …
Deforestation and forest degradation are down moderately from August through October 2011 relative to the same period a year ago, reports a satellite-based assessment released today by Imazon, a Brazilian group. Imazon's near-real time system, which tracks change in forest plots 25 hectares (62 acres) or larger, found that 512 …
The Planning Commission has devised an environment performance-linked mechanism for devolution of funds to States during the 12th Plan period. This was stated here by the eminent scientist and Member, Planning Commission, Dr K. Kasturirangan here on Thursday while delivering the inaugural address at the 81st annual session of the …
At least some of the weather extremes being seen around the world are consequences of human-induced climate change and can be expected to worsen in coming decades, a United Nations panel reported on Friday. It is likely that greenhouse gas emissions related to human activity have already led to more …
Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion over the last decade, researchers said on Monday. "When extreme weather hits, we hear about the property damage and insurance costs," said Kim Knowlton, a senior scientist at Natural Resources …
The Central Provincial Council has come up with a new plan to prevent the frequent forest fires occurring in the area during the dry season. Under the new plan, a belt of cactus plants would be planted on forest boundaries to act like a natural wall in order to prevent …
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the government properly designated millions of acres of national forests as off limits to logging and road construction, overturning a lower court ruling in a long-running battle over preserving the land. For the second time, the U.S. Appeals Court for the 10th …
Human-driven land-use changes increasingly threaten biodiversity, particularly in tropical forests where both species diversity and human pressures on natural environments are high. The rapid conversion of tropical forests for agriculture, timber production and other uses has generated vast, human-dominated landscapes with potentially dire consequences for tropical biodiversity. Today, few truly …
Bumdeling Park, Sershong, Mongar 12 October, 2011 - A forest fire that has been burning for the past three days may have destroyed more than 500 acres of chirpine forests of the Bumdeling park in Sershong, Mongar so far, according to foresters. Foresters said the steep terrain made it difficult …
Climate change is one of the most important global environmental challenges that affect all the natural ecosystems of the world. Due to the fragile environment, mountain ecosystems are the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Mountains have been recognized as important ecosystems by the Convention on Biological Diversity. …
A new plan to curb global warming risks becoming a battleground between rich and poor nations and could struggle to get off the ground as negotiators battle over the fate of the ailing Kyoto climate pact. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol covers only emissions from rich nations that produce less than …
