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 …
Ranchi: The forests of Jharkhand are on fire. Abetted by the relentless summer heat, more than 800 hectares of forest has been reduced to ashes since March in the state where the total forest cover at present stands at 23,605sq km. On April 9, fires broke out in as many …
Pramod Panwar | TNN Palanpur: A mysterious fire that broke out near Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary of Banakantha on Saturday night has raised serious concerns as the forest department has noted a certain pattern of arson that is damaging the wildlife and forest cover of north Gujarat. Jessore
Kurnool, April 10: The Sirvel police are on high alert when some unidentified persons set ablaze to an earthmover near Nandyal-Giddalur high way in dense Nallamala forest in Kurnool district in the early hours of Saturday. According to sources, Jambanna, a bamboo contractor and a native of Paccharla village, had …
BHUBANESWAR: Wildlife Society of Orissa (WSO), a non-government organisation, here on Thursday alleged Forest department officials were indulged in harmful practice of setting forest areas on fire in order to carve out new grounds for plantation. The plantations would be taken up by utilisation of huge funds received on account …
April 8: Forest officials are taking fire preventive measures in the forests in summer in Anantapur district. The dense forest sprawls over 1.98 lakh hectares in the district. Fire outbreaks during summer are primarily due to dry vegetation or lightning or friction caused by bamboos or man made friction. Officials …
- 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 …
