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 …
West Bengal( Area 88,752 Sq K.M. Comprising of 19 Districts ) is the only Indian State to have a coastline as well as the Himalayas and is situated between 21º20' and 27º32' N latitude and 85º50' and 89º52' E longitude, bordering Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. The State supports approximately 7.54% …
The Haryana Forest Department is mapping forests damaged by fire using Global Positioning System (GPS) and plans to use satellite pictures to evaluate changes in forest and plantation areas. Management Information System and Geographical Information System were being developed by the department for better harnessing of accounts, administration, forest, wildlife …
Around 500 acres of forest land was destroyed by a fire which occurred on the Wadinahelayaya mountain in Wellawaya on Monday. Ven. Soratha, Chief Sanganayake of Wellawaya, who was the Chief Incumbent of a temple at the foot of the mountain, said that if timely action was not taken more …
The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) proposes to set up a working group to study the impact of dust and black carbon from forest fires on the accelerated melting of snow and glaciers on the Himalayas. The decision was taken at a recent meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Cryosphere collectively …
The rich diversity of spiders in the Melghat forest reserve is facing severe threat from trading, urbanisation and forest fires among other factors that have led to a drop in their numbers in the region. Researchers from the Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University working in the forest area for over …
Unregulated Tourism, Fires, Encroachments Pose Threat It was in July 2012, when the Western Ghats made it to the world heritage list and a cluster of 39 sites here were crowned among the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity. A year on, the prestigious tag seems to have had …
The Andhra Pradesh State of Forest Report gives a detailed view of the health of the notified Forests in the State on Annual basis. State of Forest Report 2013 is the fourth report in the series. It gives precise locations of the forest cover changes, assessed using LISS III data …
Forest fires bring record levels of air pollution; and the end is not in sight. Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way …
A major fire that broke out in the Mihintale forest reserve located towards the southern part of the historic Mihinthala Rajamaha Viharaya destroyed around 25 acres of the forest. The Sri Lanka Air Force, Civil Security Forces, Sri Lanka Army and Police, Anuradhapura city fire brigade together with area residents …
Sumatra island fires push toxic smog plumes to neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, triggering record levels of haze Air pollution in Singapore has soared to a record high for a third consecutive day, as Indonesia prepares to send planes and helicopters to battle the fires blamed for hazardous levels of smoky …
A major fire broke out in the Mihintale forest reserve a short while ago. Our reporter said the fire brigade and the air force rushed to the scene and is helping in dousing the fire.
Singapore's air pollution level rose to "very unhealthy" levels late on Wednesday, with the main pollution index hitting the highest on record, as smoke from Indonesian forest fires enveloped the city-state. The Pollution Standards Index (PSI) soared to 290 at 9:00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), up from 190 just …
Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong advises Singaporeans to stay indoors as much as possible while the smog persists Singaporeans have been urged to stay indoors as smoky haze from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia has worsened dramatically, causing unprecedented levels of air pollution. Singapore's pollutant standards index hit a record …
The Forest Department has tied up with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for using remote sensing technology to monitor the forest wealth and water resources and land use planning. The NRSC will provide technical guidance and training to the manpower deployed at the Green India Mission Lab here to …
Dharamsala, May 26: With temperatures increasing beyond 35°C in the hills, the pine tree bio-waste spread in the Dharamsala forest range is becoming a major source of forest fires. A fire broke out in forest areas around Dharamsala and damaged a transformer and power lines. Since the fire broke out …
Around 250 hectares of forest area has been destroyed due to fires in six community forests in five VDCs—Chade, Sarpani, Garpa, Hiwalcha and Sejawaltakura—in the district for the past three days. Locals, however, doused fires in two of the forests while they said they are finding it hard to put …
A fire that broke out in a forest in northern region of Panna district, about 15km from the tiger reserve, on Thursday is threatening the forest cover and wildlife. Plantations in around 35 hectares of forest near Saharia area have reportedly been gutted in the fire that is spreading towards …
Over 2,000 Fires Reported, Many Were Deliberate, Says State Forest Department Pune: As many as 2,420 fires spread through 24,000 hectares of the state’s forest area in 2012-13, resulting in an estimated loss of Rs 19 lakh, the latest statistics available with the state forest department showed. In the previous …
Australia's iconic marsupial is at risk from shrinking habitats, road traffic and dog attacks – and increasingly, global warming Australia's iconic marsupial is under threat. Formerly hunted almost to extinction for their woolly coats, koalas are now struggling to survive as habitat destruction caused by droughts and bushfires, land clearing …
Forest fire is one major reason behind the depleting forest cover in the state, claims environmentalist and forest activist. And such fires are frequent with the onset of summer. On several occasions these fires are man-made. Activists blame the state forest department for its inaction in handling the menace while, …
