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 …
- Dhalbhum, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Ranchi officers get cracking with preventive measures Jamshedpur, March 31: Fire prevention measures have gained momentum in the forest divisions of Dhalbhum, Seraikela-Kharsawan and Ranchi, with authorities adopting various measures to avert any major mishaps. Apart from removing roadsides bushes, fire lines have also been drawn to …
MUMBAI: Frequent and uncontrolled forest fires of varying intensities have been recorded at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivli. More than 25 instances of forest fire have been reported from various areas of the 103 sq-km park since January. On Tuesday, another fire broke out near Chena Village on …
The Nilgiri saplings grown in a forest between Yalavahalli and Chaldiganahalli in the taluk have been destroyed due to a accidental fire. The Nilgiri trees had been grown long back in the forest here. Some of the saplings were growing from the roots of the trees cut. However, due to …
Forest fire today broke out at three places in the district, including some areas in the famous Mudumalai sanctuary. The fire engulfed about 100 acres in Kodappa Mand in North Division of Doddabetta range, destroying 10 thatched and tiled houses but no casualty was reported, forest department sources said. Meanwhile, …
Tirupati, March 22: About 10,000 hectares of forest in the Bhakarapet and Tirupati ranges were burnt down in during the last two days. The fires were raging even on Monday night. Villagers have blamed forest officials for the spread of the fire, saying that they did not respond quickly despite …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has stated that the recent fires in Nagarahole national park, Chamundi hills and B R Hills have not harmed wildlife. Law Minister S Suresh Kumar who read out a statement on behalf of the Chief Minister in the Legislative Assembly on Friday, said fire had …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fire is destroying the forest wealth of the state, going by the data presented in the Assembly on Tuesday. The state lost more than 14,000 hectares of forest to fire since 2006-07, Forest Minister Benoy Viswom said in a written reply. The state lost 14,632 hectares in 1,950 forest …
D.Radhakrishnan Udhagamandalam: Dry conditions have become a source of concern in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here, according to the Field Director of the reserve Rajiv K.Srivastava. A proposal was in the process of being sent to the Chief Wildlife Warden to temporarily close the reserve, he told The …
This document contains the presentation by Tarun Gupta, Abhishek Chakraborty on toxic metals influencing continental atmosphere, presented at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. Atmospheric aerosols stimulate strong research interest primarily due to their importance in influencing climate over both land and water, and causing deleterious effects …
The sensitivity of Amazon rainforests to dry?season droughts is still poorly understood, with reports of enhanced tree mortality and forest fires on one hand, and excessive forest greening on the other. Here, we report that the previous results of large?scale greening of the Amazon, obtained from an earlier version of …
A drought that happens once in a hundred years had little negative or positive effect on the Amazon rainforest according to this study led by Arindam Samanta from Boston University. Its results are different from 2007 IPCC report which stated that 40 percent of the Amazon rainforest was threatened by …
Fires are raging on a daily basis in the forests of Kerala as major rivers, freshwater lakes and ponds have begun to dry up at the very start of the summer. Weathermen are warning that the heat could get more intense in the coming days and rains are unlikely immediately. …
A spark from an oven reportedly spread to nearby bushes and soon engulfed the area A FIRE was reported in Bha- vanisagar forest area on Sunday night following a ritual, held in connection with the annual festival of Karuvannarayar temple nearby. It is feared that some wild animals could have …
Forest fire, an anti environmental human activity, is becoming a great threat for eco restoration of Cherrapunjee-the site famous as wettest place on earth. Human's carelessness, negligence and ignorance are the main causes of annual ground fire resulting into pronounced and prolonged ill effect on climate, land use, land cover, …
Invasive alien species are regarded as principal threats to global biodiversity. In this paper, the authors describe a situation where an endemic plant species, the dwarf bamboo
Kohima, Feb 19: Four persons including a minor were charred to death in a forest fire at Noklak in Tuensang district, official sources said today. Two women and a 10-year-old boy, who went for firewood collection, were engulfed by the spreading jungle fire near a Mission centre in Noklak town …
Kohima, Feb 18: The Nagaland Government has noted random burning of jungles in various parts of the State recently and threatened to withhold all government grants if such cases are found in any village. Official sources here today said the government has issued a notice on the jungle burning stating …
Himachal Pradesh will install a fire alarm system in its forests to limit the damage to forests due to fires. A similar system is in place in MP . The system works on the pattern of GPS through remote sensing and would provide fire alert message quickly, Additional Chief Secretary, …
ITANAGAR, Jan 29: In a bizarre geological disturbance, volcano like eruptions and large scale forest fire has been reported since last three days at Dehu Mountain, north of Chambang administrative headquarter at Kurung Kumey district. Further, forest fire has also broken out at nearby Langa Tata Mountain situated in between …
