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 Kerala Paristhithi Aikyavedi, an umbrella organisation of different environmental groups, has urged voters to take a strict stand against those who showed a callous attitude towards the protection of environment and compromised on important issues, including the protection of drinking water, paddy fields, and ecologically sensitive areas, in the …
Jharkhand forests can hope to become fireproof this summer with the state forest department launching a series of initiatives to throw a safety ring around its green belt. Although the period from mid-February to mid-June is most crucial for forests given the high chances of blazes, especially when it becomes …
Some 100 hectares of forest area in the district have already been damaged in the forest fire that continues to spread across since the past week. Forest fire in the Devaki community forest destroyed two hectares of forest while some 30 hectares were gutted in the two days of forest …
The fire that started at 5:15pm between Lungtenphu and Samazingkha area destroyed about 15 acres of forest by the time foresters, police, army and desuups contained it by 6:30pm. Thimphu territorial forest officer Phento Tshering said foresters would map the fire area today to ensure that it did not rekindle. …
Wildfire has destroyed 600 hectare forest land at various VDCs in Panchthar district in the last few days. According to District Forest Office, Panchthar, fire has affected around 1,000 hectare of community forests located in Lumfawung, Amarpur, Yangnam, Phidim, Rabi, Mauwa, and Suvang VDCs. Security personnel with the support of …
More than the forest fire it is the subsequent loss of natural habit that will severely affect endemic, rare, and critically endangered animals in Seshachalam and Nallamala forests. These two important forests witnessed about half a dozen fires in the last five days. Hundreds of hectares of greenery were reduced …
Nearly 300 hectares destroyed in blaze Additional Chief Conservator of Forests (Vigilance) C.S. Yalakki has said that the fire that destroyed nearly 300 hectares of forests in Wayanad district on Sunday was “man-made.” In a preliminary report to Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan on Monday, the officer said “the cause of …
Devouring flames : Fire continues to rage in the Mattigodu Forest, coming under Nagarahole wildlife division, near Gonikoppa on Thursday. The -fire in the Anechowkur range of the Nagarahole national park has left a trail of destruction over an area of 400 square metres. Bamboo and other plant species, from …
President Barack Obama, who has vowed to make fighting global warming a focus of his remaining years in office, yesterday unveiled initiatives to mitigate what aides say are the effects of an already changing climate. The proposals, spread throughout Obama’s 2015 budget blueprint to Congress, include an overhaul of the …
Data and analysis from the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO show further warming of the atmosphere and oceans in the Australian region, as is happening globally. This change is occurring against the background of high climate variability, but the signal is clear. Air and ocean temperatures across Australia are now, …
The state forest department is planning to close down some of its major wildlife sanctuaries and parks following the onset of acute summer and increasing incidents of forest fires in the last few weeks. The Wayanad and Parambikulam wildlife sanctuaries and the Eravikulam National Park will be out of bounds …
CENTRAL KALIMANTAN, Indonesia: Environmental group Greenpeace on Wednesday accused US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble of responsibility for the destruction of Indonesian rainforests and the habitat of endangered orangutans and tigers. In an extensive new report, Greenpeace said the company was using Indonesian palm oil from suppliers with links …
The cause of the blaze and the extent of damage are yet to be ascertained Disaster: After battling for two and half days, officials and volunteers managed to contain the forest fire that damaged hundreds of acres of forest in Langjophakha, Thimphu yesterday afternoon. Forest fire management section’s head, Tandin …
Four huts were razed to the ground and around 1,000 acres of forest were destroyed in a fire that started around 2.30 pm today above Langjophakha in Thimphu. No casualty was reported. Fanned by the winds, the fire is suspected to have spread into the forest from a fire three …
Even as summer round the corner, jungle fires have started ringing alarm bells for the forest department. A fire was reported in compartment number 792 of Gorewada early on Sunday morning. According to eyewitnesses, the ground fire had spread in patches in over a kilometre area and gutted around an …
The forest fire, which originated from Mt Japfu five days ago and spread to the south and south-west of the twin peak, threatening to destroy the Dzukou Valley, is said to be almost under control. An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter joined the efforts to control and douse the fire …
China Forest Fire Management (CFFM) reissued a red alert to forest fire for the country's southern areas on Sunday. CFFM set the level of forest fire alert at extremely dangerous for southern regions of Jiangxi, southeastern areas of Hunan, southwestern part of Fujian and Sichuan, northern Guangdong and northwestern Yunnan …
The tropical forests of southeast Asia have been shaped by humans for the last 11,000 years, according to new research. Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast (Northern Ireland), have discarded theories that the rainforests of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java (in Indonesia), Thailand and Vietnam were largely unaffected by humans. A …
The loss of forest area in the country has been a high six per cent between 1975 and 2005, according to a study by the city-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC). The analysis also found that in all bio-geographic zones, like the Himalayas, Deccan Plateau and Eastern Ghats, more than …
At least 44 houses have been destroyed in a forest fire on the outskirts of Australia’s west-coast city of Perth, officials said Monday. The blaze at Parkerville, 35 kilometres west of Perth, is burning within containment lines after over 100 firefighters stopped a wall of flame that in places reached …
