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 …
GEOENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN HIMALAYA . Bindhy Wasini Pandey . Published by Mittal Publications . New Delhi . 2002 . 430 pages This book is a research-based analysis of the geomorphic and hydrological hazards in the upper Beas basin of the Himalaya together with their mapping and mitigation strategies. It describes …
Forewarned is forearmed. With this motto, Argentina has embarked on a mission to launch two Earth observation satellites so that it is alerted against environmental threats. Named Saocom 1 and 2, the satellites are supposed to improve the management of emergencies such as forest fires, droughts and floods. While monitoring …
A P Mitra couldn't believe it. He along with 200-odd scientists from India, Europe, Maldives and the us was conducting an intensive six-week field experiment in 1999 to study the effect of airborne tiny particles called aerosols on climate. The tropical Indian Ocean, where clean air from the southern Indian …
soil dust: Is a main source of aerosols in sub-tropical and tropical regions. About 50 per cent of dust aerosols arises from disturbed soil surfaces. sea salt: In marine areas with high winds, sea salt aerosols may be mainly responsible for both light scattering and forming clouds. industrial dust: Transportation, …
RAINFALL Aerosols may be reducing rainfall and threatening the Earth's fresh water supplies, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego. "Initially we thought that aerosols were mainly a cooling agent, offsetting global warming. Now we find that these have a big impact on the water budget of the …
Where does the black carbon in the haze layer come from? The sources of black carbon are incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass burning. But the contribution from each source is uncertain. Perhaps 40-60 per cent of the black carbon present in the haze can be attributed to biomass …
Water moves into the atmosphere on evaporation from oceans, rivers and other waterbodies. When the air containing water vapour cools below a critical temperature, it condenses into droplets. But it needs a surface to condense on and particulates provide such a surface. If these water droplets are very small, they …
Since the American Dust Bowl of 1930 when grasslands, made fragile by unchecked agriculture and sustained drought, were swept by severe dust storms, researchers have studied health effects of aerosols. A rise of 10 microgrammes per cubic metre (
Scientists are yet to unravel all the mysteries about the tiny and yet complex three-dimensional particles. Key details about their properties and their effects remain elusive. So far, it has not been possible to make reliable measurements to determine their distribution and properties on a global scale. Large uncertainties remain …
Between July 1997 and November 1997, forest fires on islands in Indonesia created smoke that spread over seven nations and was responsible for a plane crash in Sumatra and an oil vessel collision in the strait of Malacca due to low visibility. If there is a forest, there will be …
on june 10, 2002, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (asean) signed the first ever agreement on transboundary haze pollution to deal with the recurring smoke and haze problem in their region. The pact places the onus of taking concrete steps to curb smog from land and forest fires …
In a glaring case of carelessness sparking a calamity, campfires turned into billowing blazes that spread to five Colorado counties and scorched more than 25 hectares across the state. The wildfires raged with such intensity that these counties had to be completely sealed off. The inferno destroyed 3,700 homes and …
a major fire has destroyed a large tract of forest in the Shivalik Hills at Batandi in Jammu. This was the first fire in the region that engulfed the forest in late April. Although, the fire was soon doused, it is feared that high velocity winds may result in rekindling …
even though firefighters did their best to contain the spreading fire in Madumalai wildlife sanctuary in the Nilgris recently, more than 400 hectares of forest area was destroyed. The thick smoke forced the wild animals such as elephants and deer to come out on the main highway, cutting through the …
The Union ministry of urban development has issued a notification stipulating that construction activities that create noise will not be allowed after 10 pm. However, construction of highways, roads, and other government undertakings has been excluded from the purview of the regulation. At the National Research Laboratory for Conservation of …
An outbreak of haze caused the closure of many schools in Sumatra recently. The thick choking smoke was triggered by forest fires which are quite prevalent in the region. The authorities tried hard to isolate the fires and prevented it from spreading. The level of haze varied in different areas. …
Tourists were evacuated after raging forest fires engulfed three state-protected nature reserves, favourite destinations for campers in southern Chile. The fires consumed 15,000 ha of native forest in the Andean foothills. Officials believe that the fires have been caused by dry lightning storms in the mountains. Sergio Mendoza, the forestry …
A fire destroyed more than 50 square kilometres of blue pine forests surrounding Damchu, about seven kilometres towards Chukha, in Bhutan. Abetted by heavy winds, smoke that had wafted from the fire hung over the valley as far as Thimpu town, creating poor visibility.The blaze could not be put out …
Tall pines enveloping the mountains, is the image most commonly conjured up when one talks of the Himalayas. Few, however, know that many of these conifers are in fact forced entries and largely responsible for the fragile state of the mountains. Before the British entry into India, the Himalayan forests …
In an effort to check the growing incidence of forest fires, foresters in Trashigang in Bhutan are involving farmers of the area to combat the havoc. About 190 villagers in Samkhar and 135 in Kanglung have been imparted training in this connection. According to the forest range officer, Dorji Dukpa, …
