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 objective of this study was to investigate the effect of forest fire on forest structure in the peat swamp forest. The study was conducted in Raja Musa Forest Reserve which has been experiencing fire occurrences since 1996. Ten plots each measuring 50x20 m were systematically set up both in …
Melbourne: Australia has allegedly wrongly presented its carbon emissions report by ignoring a massive rise in polluting gases from its agricultural and forestry industries, a report said on Monday. This
This paper highlights published cases related to various climatic conditions that have impacts on rice cultivation practices. Due to the needs to continue rice farming, whether for traditional, cultural or economic reasons, rice farmers in Asia resorted to various adaptation practices that might have deviated from their common practices. This …
The main objectives of the present study are preparation of baseline information on vegetation types, forest burnt area mapping using multi-temporal satellite data and integrated analysis for identification of fire-prone areas in Sirohi district.
Nearly 4,000 acres of forest reserve at Horton Plains in Sri Lankan Hill country has been completely destroyed by the blazing bushfires. The District Secretary of Nuwara Eliya confirmed that the bush fires which started from Ohiya area has already spread to the Horton Plains reserve few days ago. However …
The state government will provide modern fire-fighting equipment for combating forest fires to staff deployed in sensitive beats prone to fires. Stating this while presiding over a meeting of senior forest officials here today to review preparedness of the department to deal with forest fires, Forest Minister JP Nadda said …
A summit of world leaders has dimmed hopes for a strong new U.N. climate pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol in Copenhagen in December, with details looking ever more likely to be left for 2010. But climate change experts and observers also refused to focus on the negative, noting that …
The government will take steps to contain forest fires as damage worth crores has been caused to the ecology, flora and fauna. This was stated by Forest Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, while presiding over the review meeting of senior forest officers, here today. He said efforts would be made to …
Prospects for a new U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen have brightened but negotiations must speed up to meet a December deadline, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Tuesday. Yvo de Boer said moves by countries including Japan, China and India to curb greenhouse gases had helped …
Over the last 50 years, nine out of ten natural disasters around the world have been the result of extreme weather and climate events. Storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves, dust storms, wildfires and many other natural hazards threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. The threat is expected …
Los Angeles: The US forest service says a wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles nearly doubled in size overnight and continues to threaten a broadcasting antenna complex and thousands of homes. At least 18 homes have burned and 12,000 are threatened in a 20-mile stretch from Pasadena to …
Los Angeles: A wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles has surged in every direction, going in a single day from a modest threat to a danger to some 10,000 homes. The blaze nearly tripled in size in triple-digit heat on Saturday, leaving three people burned, destroying three homes and …
Los Angeles, Aug. 28: Residents of more than 500 homes have been ordered to evacuate a densely populated area just outside Los Angeles as four large wildfires swept across southern California, officials said. By late Thursday, the blaze in La Canada Flintridge
Wildfires that tore through suburbs of Athens and forced thousands of people to flee their homes were contained on Tuesday as the government's handling of the disaster became an election issue. Likely to face voters early next year, the conservative government said very strong winds had made it difficult to …
Among the acres of forests in the outskirts of Athens reduced to cinders by a three-day inferno, expensive villas with pools have appeared. "Every time there is a fire we discover new communities we never knew existed," Greenpeace Greece director Nikos Haralambides told Reuters. "We have a state that just …
Dina Kyriakidou Aug. 25: Wildfires that tore through suburbs of Athens and forced thousands of people to flee their homes were contained on Tuesday as the government
A huge wildfire fanned by strong winds cut a swathe of destruction near Athens on Sunday, burning houses, razing large patches of forest and sending thousands fleeing their homes, authorities said. Dark plumes of smoke hung over the Acropolis as the flames, raging unchecked for a second day, reached the …
A wildfire raged close to a village near the Greek capital Athens, sending people fleeing from their homes and workplaces Thursday and damaging buildings, officials said. More than 100 fire fighters with 25 fire engines and five helicopters battled the flames in an industrial area near Magoula, about 20 km …
